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Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington - remembering not just a great jazz musician, but an elegant, articulate man of unassailable natural dignity.
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Fri 31 May 197421:00
BBC Radio 4
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Franklin D Roosevelt and the New Deal
A recollection of FDR's re-evaluation of the need for social reform.
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Desert Island Discs - John Humphrys
Kirsty Young's castaway is broadcaster and journalist John Humphrys.
Broadcast
- Fri 31 May 197421:00BBC Radio 4
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