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Guests are invited to choose the eight records they would take to a desert island
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Rt Hon David Steel MP
Sat 4 May 1985
Roy Plomley's castaway is leader of the Liberals the Rt Hon David Steel MP
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Robert Burchfield
Sat 20 Apr 1985
Roy Plomley's castaway is Oxford English Dictionary Chief Editor Robert Burchfield
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Sir John Burgh
Sat 8 Dec 1984
Roy Plomley's castaway is Director-General of the British Council Sir John Burgh
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