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Desert Island Discs is a radio programme broadcast on BBC Radio 4. It was first broadcast on the BBC Forces Programme on 29 January 1942. Each week a guest, called a 'castaway' during the programme, is asked to choose eight recordings (usually, but not always, music), a book and a luxury item that they would take if they were to be cast away on a desert island, whilst discussing their lives and the reasons for their choices. It was devised and originally presented by Roy Plomley. Since 2006, the programme has been presented by Kirsty Young. More than 3,000 episodes have been recorded, with some guests having appeared more than once and some episodes featuring more than one guest. An example of a guest who falls into both categories is Bob Monkhouse, who appeared with his co-writer Denis Goodwin on 12 December 1955 and in his own right on 20 December 1998.

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  4. "BBC Radio 4 – Desert Island Discs, HRH Princess Michael of Kent". 1984-02-03. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p009mhsw. Retrieved 2016-04-15. 
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  19. Mark Damazer (27 September 2009). "BBC – Radio 4 Blog: Desert Island Discs comes to iPlayer". BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/radio4/2009/09/desert_island_discs_iplayer.html. Retrieved 27 September 2009. 
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