Desert Island Discs

It's been going forever.  Started by Roy Plomley in 1942 we have recently had the celebrations of 70 years of broadcasting interviews with all kinds of people from all kinds of backgrounds.  This has become a national instituition.  It is part of our language.

They have now got a website where you can hear the shows from the very beginning.  Look here to find someone interesting to listen to:

Desert Island Discs

One of my recent favourites was with the children's author and screenplay writer, Frank Cottrell Boyce.  You can hear that broadcast here.

Who is your favourite?  Who was your favourite presenter?  And as for the best question of all, what would your Desert Island Discs be?  What would your Desert Island Books be? That'll be a forthcoming post then....

Word of Mouth

So while we are thinking about words, it seemed a good time to put in a link to one of the best programmes on BBC Radio 4 - Word of Mouth, currently presented by Michael Rosen.  If you love words too then this explores them in all of their uses and moods and varieties.

You can access current and past programmes here.

If you want to find out more about Michael Rosen, his books and poetry a visit to his website is well worth taking time over.