Eight tracks. Endless stories.<\/b><\/p>\n
We all have our own Desert Island Discs – that handful of songs that transport us back to special times in our lives, capturing a mood perfectly and helping us tell our stories. Celebrating 80 years of the BBC’s most iconic radio show, The Defnitive Desert Island Discs<\/i> revisits some of the most remarkable and unforgettable of those life stories – song by song, and memory by memory. <\/p>\n
Whether it’s Dame Judi Dench on her first experience of jazz in America; Lemn Sissay on ‘Amazing Grace’ capturing his love of Scotland; or Ike and Tina’s ‘River Deep – Mountain High’ reminding Ian Wright of darker times, the music chosen helps reveal life’s precious moments with a unique power and intimacy. Every story is a journey, and these are the songs that guided the way.<\/p>\n
With an introduction from Lauren Laverne, and featuring many new stories not included in the original broadcasts, this is the ultimate tribute to the music that defines and shapes us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Allow yourself to be cast away in eight glorious decades of the most iconic show on radio. To mark this momentous occasion, ‘The Definitive Desert Island Discs’ focuses on 80 of the most powerful and unforgettable interviews, revisiting every era of Desert Island Disc’s storied history. Reflecting on how times have changed, the book will feature brand new material as castaways are interviewed about their experiences – did the conversation go how they expected? Would Sir Patrick Stewart still take his beloved billiards table (and a shed to keep it in, of course)? And does Hilary Devey stick by her endless supply of Cointreau? Get lost in lists of the weirdest and most wonderful luxury items, most popular tracks and books throughout the years, and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[134],"product_tag":[1555,259,1366],"class_list":["post-93630","product","type-product","status-publish","product_cat-hobbies-and-pastimes","product_tag-film-tv-radio","product_tag-memoirs","product_tag-tv-tie-in-humour","pa_book_author-gittins-ian","pa_cover-hardback","pa_dewey-791-4472-edition23","pa_imprint-bbc-books","pa_language-english","pa_pages-8634","pa_publisher-bbc-books","pa_readership-general-trade-code-k","first","onbackorder","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"yoast_head":"\n