"by the guest's choice of music. His contract was renewed for a further 15 shows. In the end he presented 1,791 editions of the programme stretching over 43 years. Its success was attributed to his skill as an interviewer and to his meticulous research. Plomley was succeeded as presenter by Michael Parkinson (1985–1988), then by Sue Lawley (1988–2006), and most recently by Kirsty Young. ""Desert Island Discs"" is the second longest-running radio programme in the world (after the Grand Ole Opry), and it is still running. Until late September 2009, unlike many other BBC radio programmes, ""Desert Island Discs"" was"
"view on the changing landscape of the film industry and briefly discusses his then upcoming film ""Psycho"" (1960). Desert Island Discs 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"
"Show in a station schedule re-shuffle, which will air Monday - Friday, 07:30 to 10:30. In 2014, Laverne guest-edited ""Woman's Hour"" on Radio 4, and in 2015 began hosting ""Late Night Woman's Hour"", a spinoff series. In September 2018, Lauren took over as host to Radio 4's Desert Island Discs when Kirsty Young took time off because of illness. In 2010, she published her first novel ""Candypop – Candy and the Broken Biscuits"", about rock chick Candy Caine, 15, on her journey to the world's biggest music festival, Glastonbury. The book is published by HarperCollins. Laverne was a columnist for"
"the Air Canada Centre. DJ Clue? Ernesto Shaw (born January 8, 1975), better known as DJ Clue?, is an American disc jockey (DJ), record producer, and radio personality. DJ Clue? has his own program, every Monday to Friday 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm, on Power 105.1 in New York entitled ""Desert Storm Radio"". Prior to this, until 2006, he disc-jockeyed at Hot 97. DJ Clue? founded Desert Storm Records, a record label, in 1998 with his childhood friends Skane Dolla (Manager) and Duro, famed recording engineer. In 1999 DJ Clue? took part in the Hard Knock Life Tour, including a"
"DJ Clue? Ernesto Shaw (born January 8, 1975), better known as DJ Clue?, is an American disc jockey (DJ), record producer, and radio personality. DJ Clue? has his own program, every Monday to Friday 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm, on Power 105.1 in New York entitled ""Desert Storm Radio"". Prior to this, until 2006, he disc-jockeyed at Hot 97. DJ Clue? founded Desert Storm Records, a record label, in 1998 with his childhood friends Skane Dolla (Manager) and Duro, famed recording engineer. In 1999 DJ Clue? took part in the Hard Knock Life Tour, including a stop in Toronto at"
"BBC Radio 6 Music. In September 2018, Lauren began being Radio 4's Desert Island Discs host when Kirsty Young took time off because of illness. Laverne was born and brought up in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, in a large family. One grandfather had been a shipbuilder, another a coalminer. Her father was a sociology lecturer at Newcastle University, Dr Leslie Gofton, and her mother was a teacher. She first attended St. Mary's R.C. Primary School in 1982, where she befriended Marie Nixon, later to become a fellow Kenickie guitarist, and then St. Anthony's Girls' Catholic School between 1989 and 1994,"
"Dennis Elsas Dennis Elsas is an American disc jockey in New York City, whose radio and voiceover career has spanned well over forty years, most notably his more than 25 years at WNEW-FM in New York City, where he also served as music director. He currently hosts an afternoon show on WFUV in New York (90.7 FM) and weekend shows on Sirius XM Satellite Radio's ""Classic Vinyl"" (channel 26) and a live weekly call-in roundtable show, The Fab Fourum, on Sirius XM Satellite Radio's Beatles Channel (channel 18). Elsas created and presents ""Rock 'n' Roll Never Forgets,"" which features highlights"
"prior to its release. D'Agostino collaborated with Dead Prez on their latest album, ""Pulse of the People: Turn Off The Radio, Vol. 3"", released in June 2009 Together with Mister Cee he is featured as host of the hip-hop radio station ""The Beat 102.7"" in the video game Grand Theft Auto IV. The station is essentially a replica of Hot 97. Instead of using existing songs, Green Lantern produced the songs exclusively for ""The Beat 102.7"". DJ Green Lantern James D'Agostino (born July 7, 1975), professionally known as DJ Green Lantern, is an American hip hop disc Jockey (DJ) and"
"programme on BBC Radio 3. Perkins was also chairman of the Radio 4 panel game ""Dilemma"", in which four humorous guests discussed moral conundrums she provided for them. The first series ran for six episodes on Sunday evenings from 13 November to 18 December 2011. Another series of this programme ran in February 2013. On 9 July 2017 Perkins was the guest celebrity on Radio 4's Desert Island Discs. Perkins was a judge for the 2009 Man Booker Prize. Perkins's memoir, ""Spectacles"", was published in October 2015. In October 2018, she released an autobiographical travel book ""East of Croydon: Blunderings"
"announced Elsas as host of the call-in show The Fab Fourum. In 2010 Elsas created Rock ‘N’ Roll Never Forgets, a live multi-media event that showcases his historic radio interviews with music legends such as Elton John, Jerry Garcia, Pete Townshend, and John Lennon along with his personal memories and behind-the-scenes stories, starting with the Top 40 radio that he grew up with, the progressive evolution of WNEW-FM, and his current work on WFUV and Sirius/XM. Dennis Elsas Dennis Elsas is an American disc jockey in New York City, whose radio and voiceover career has spanned well over forty years,"
"Jon Secada, Julian Lennon, Michael J. Willett, Rick Springfield, John Waite, Billy Burnette, Scott Grimes, Adam Jensen and Billy Montana. In 2015, Harris formed The Dave Harris Project (featuring Michael J. Willett on vocals) which released the album ""Grandiose Delusions"". In January 2017 Harris was charged with 27 felony counts involving statutory rape and especially aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor. He was convicted of those charges in April 2018. Dave Harris Dave Harris (born February 25, 1971) is an American disc jockey, songwriter, and musician. He was born in Glasgow, Kentucky, and hosted the syndicated radio show ""Retro Rewind"""
"Derek Mooney Derek James Mooney (born 4 March 1967) is an Irish radio and television presenter, as well as a radio producer. Until January 2015 he presented a weekday afternoon programme called ""Mooney"" on RTÉ Radio 1. He is the current executive producer across RTÉ Radio 1's nature and wildlife programming On television he has often presented game shows and talent contests: his presentation credits include ""Echo Island"", ""Gridlock"", ""Winning Streak"", the ill-fated ""Cabin Fever"", ""You're a Star"", ""The Big Money Game"", """", ""The Genealogy Roadshow"" and ""Who Knows Ireland Best?"". At the end of these shows he uses his"
"Dominik Diamond Paul Dominik Diamond, known as Dominik Diamond (born 31 December 1969) is a Scottish television and radio presenter and newspaper columnist. He is best known as the original presenter of Channel 4's video gaming programme ""GamesMaster"", as host of ""The Dominik Diamond Breakfast Show"" on Xfm Scotland and as a columnist for the ""Daily Star"". He formerly hosted The Dominik Diamond Show Mon-Fri 6-11pm on Q107 in Toronto. After a stint hosting The Dominik Diamond Morning Show on new music station Radio 96.5 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Diamond returned to the Toronto market 31 March 2014, replacing Dean"
"Birthday Honours for services to Journalism. In June 2018 she appeared as a guest on BBC Radio 4's ""Desert Island Discs"", when her included recordings by Earth, Wind & Fire, Miles Davis, Ray Charles, Shostakovitch, Beethoven and Richard Burton, and her luxury item was an endless supply of blended Scotch. Gillian Reynolds Gillian Reynolds (née Morton; born 15 November 1935) is a British radio critic, journalist and broadcaster. The daughter of a mother who was a market trader and a father who was a seaman, she grew up in a council house in Norris Green, Liverpool. She was educated at"
"are hailed as wonders and triumphs, whereas in the originals, Cecil can be as venomous as anyone I have ever read or heard in the most shocking of conversation"" wrote their editor, Hugo Vickers. The last public interview given by Sir Cecil Beaton was in January 1980 for an edition of the BBC's Desert Island Discs. The interviewer was Desert Island Discs' creator Roy Plomley. The recording was broadcast on Friday 1 February 1980 following the Beaton family's permission, and is now available as a podcast from the BBC Radio 4 Desert Island Disc archive 1976 - 1980. Owing to"
"Frank DeCaro Frank DeCaro (born November 6, 1962) is an American writer, performer and talk radio host. He is best known for his work on ""The Daily Show"", where he appeared as a contributor from 1996 to 2003. Starting in 2004 until 2016 he was the host of ""The Frank DeCaro Show"", a live daily radio show with producer/co-host Doria Biddle, for SIRIUS XM OutQ 106. DeCaro was born in New York City and grew up in Little Falls, New Jersey. He graduated in 1980 from Passaic Valley Regional High School in Little Falls. and from Northwestern University's Medill School"
"Ryan Seacrest Ryan John Seacrest (born December 24, 1974) is an American radio personality, television host, and producer. Seacrest is known for hosting the competition show ""American Idol"", the syndicated countdown program ""American Top 40"", and the KIIS-FM morning radio show ""On Air with Ryan Seacrest"". In 2006 Seacrest became co-host and executive producer of ""Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve"". Seacrest remained a co-host and producer following Clark's death in 2012. He began co-hosting ""Live with Kelly and Ryan"" on a permanent basis May 1, 2017. Seacrest received Emmy Award nominations for ""American Idol"" from 2004 to 2013, and"
"is made light of by Jon Culshaw on ""Dead Ringers"". Neil Nunes Neil Nunes (born 12 December 1980) (pronounced ) is a British Jamaican continuity announcer and newsreader on BBC Radio 4 in the United Kingdom, and on the BBC World Service. Nunes was born in Kingston, Jamaica, and brought up in the parish of Manchester. While studying for a degree in biology at Northern Caribbean University, he became involved with the university radio station as a presenter. He then went on to work as a newsreader and reporter for radio networks in the Dutch Caribbean while at the same"
"Island Discs"" host Kirsty Young and BBC Radio 2 DJ Dermot O'Leary. The BBC Radio coverage was co-hosted by Chris Evans and Scarlett Moffatt. Phillip Schofield and Julie Etchingham hosted coverage for ITV. Kay Burley, Anna Botting and Alastair Bruce, among others, hosted coverage for Sky. CBC broadcast the wedding in Canada with Adrienne Arsenault and retired broadcaster Peter Mansbridge presented live coverage that was simulcast on CBC Television, CBC Radio One and CBC News Network. TVNZ screened it in New Zealand along with SBS and Nine in Australia. The wedding received 4 million views in Australia. In Fiji, Fiji"
"a cameo appearance in the closing credits. Within 24 hours of release, the music video received over 300,000 views on YouTube, and eight days later on 17 August, surpassed one million views. Massad (musician) Massad Barakat-Devine (born 27 September 1993), known mononymously as Massad, is a New Zealand pop musician. He co-hosted the TV2 show ""The 4.30 Show"", along with Eve Palmer and ex-""The Erin Simpson Show"" presenter Michael Lee. In 2009 Massad released his debut album, ""Long Story Short"" and made his first appearance at one of New Zealands largest outdoor entertainment events, Christmas in the Park, performing to"
"Island Discs"" hosted by Kirsty Young. His choice of music included John Cage's silent piece ""4′33″"" and Andy Stewart singing ""Donald Where's Your Troosers?"". He is a frequent guest on ""The Review Show"", ""The Mark Radcliffe Show"", the ""Today"" programme, ""You and Yours"", ""The Culture Show"", ""Never Mind the Full Stops"" and ""Have I Got News for You"". He has narrated two series of ""The Yorkshire Dales and the Lake District"" on More4 and also narrates""The Museum"" on BBC 2 on Thursdays. He has also been employed to provide voice-overs in advertisements for a laundry detergent and a branded food"
"Shadoe Stevens Shadoe Stevens (born Terry Keith Ingstad; November 3, 1947) is an American radio host, voiceover actor, and television personality. He was the host of ""American Top 40"" from 1988 to 1995. He currently hosts the internationally syndicated radio show, ""Top of the World,"" and co-hosts ""Mental Radio"", an entertaining approach to UFOs and paranormal topics. He is the co-founder and creator of Sammy Hagar's new rock station ""Cabo Wabo Radio"" broadcasting worldwide from the Cabo Wabo Cantina in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. In television, he was the announcer for ""The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson"" on CBS,"
"board' stickers among her pet hates. In June 2006, Young was announced as the new presenter of the long-running BBC Radio 4 programme ""Desert Island Discs"", replacing Sue Lawley; she began on 1 October 2006. According to the odds given by bookmaker William Hill she was an outsider for the job at 20/1. She returned to Five News on 28 September 2006, but in 2007, Young announced that she would be leaving Five News in the autumn, following ten years as its head anchor. On 29 August 2007, she presented her last show for Five News. On 29 September 2007,"
"Massad (musician) Massad Barakat-Devine (born 27 September 1993), known mononymously as Massad, is a New Zealand pop musician. He co-hosted the TV2 show ""The 4.30 Show"", along with Eve Palmer and ex-""The Erin Simpson Show"" presenter Michael Lee. In 2009 Massad released his debut album, ""Long Story Short"" and made his first appearance at one of New Zealands largest outdoor entertainment events, Christmas in the Park, performing to over 200,000 people. Massad’s musical journey has seen him share the billing with many renowned New Zealand artists including Hollie Smith, Dane Rumble, Stan Walker, Savage, Dave Dobbyn, Che Fu, Tim Finn,"
"the trip. In March 2010, Kwei-Armah appeared in the penultimate and final episodes of the fourth series of ""Skins"". For a number of years Kwei-Armah has appeared as a panellist on the arts discussion show ""Newsnight Review"". He also appeared on ""Question Time"" on two occasions and reported for ""The Culture Show"". On 15 May 2011 he was the stranded person on BBC Radio 4's ""Desert Island Discs"". His musical selections included the political power-rap of Chuck D and his band Public Enemy, Marvin Gaye, Bob Marley and Lord Kitchener. Kwei-Armah said living with his parents was like existing with"
"Jasmine Harman Jasmine Isabelle Harman (born 15 November 1975) is a British television presenter, best known for co-presenting the Channel 4 series ""A Place in the Sun: Home or Away?"" since 2004, alongside Jonnie Irwin. Harman had a career in the health and fitness industry and later moved into television. She is a qualified fitness instructor and lived in the Algarve for several years, working as marketing manager for a health resort. It was here that she began writing professionally and hosted her own twice-weekly live magazine show on the Algarve radio station, Kiss FM, where she worked with DJ"
"also fired and so was his producer Blaire. His sidekick Diego Ramos, was later released. Chris Booker Chris Booker (born May 20, 1971) is an American radio and TV personality. Chris Booker is a TV/radio personality and a podcaster. He has worked as a correspondent for TV Guide Channel covering red carpet events such as ""Live at the Grammys with Joan and Melissa Rivers,"" and ""Live at the Kids Choice Awards."" He also served as host of such shows as ""TV Talk,"" ""Sushi TV,"" and ""What's ON DVD."" From 2000 to 2003, Booker was a full-time VJ for MTV and"
"4, 1964 (replacing the Cliff Solway-produced series ""Background"") with hosts John Drainie, Laurier LaPierre and Carole Simpson (not to be confused with the now-retired ABC weekend news anchor of the same name). Simpson was soon replaced by Dinah Christie, and Watson himself replaced Drainie in the show's second season when Drainie (who died in 1966) was too ill to continue with the series. The show used a one-hour newsmagazine format which combined satirical songs (performed by Simpson or Christie) and sketches with hard news interviews, reports and documentaries. Personalities associated with the show as reporters, interviewers or documentarians included Beryl"
"been a lifelong gay rights activist and splits his time between Los Angeles and Little Falls, New Jersey, with his husband, James ""Jim"" Colucci, whom he married during the August 16, 2011, live broadcast of his Sirius radio show. Frank DeCaro Frank DeCaro (born November 6, 1962) is an American writer, performer and talk radio host. He is best known for his work on ""The Daily Show"", where he appeared as a contributor from 1996 to 2003. Starting in 2004 until 2016 he was the host of ""The Frank DeCaro Show"", a live daily radio show with producer/co-host Doria Biddle,"
"Carson Daly Carson Jones Daly (born June 22, 1973) is an American television host, radio personality, producer, and television personality. Prior to 2002, Daly was a VJ on MTV's ""Total Request Live"", and a DJ for the Southern California-based radio station 106.7 KROQ-FM. In 2002, Daly joined NBC, where he began hosting and producing the late night talk show ""Last Call with Carson Daly"", and occasionally hosting special event programming for NBC, such as the Macy's Fourth of July fireworks show, and executive producing ""New Year's Eve with Carson Daly"" from Times Square beginning in 2003. Daly has since been"
"of cardboard containers. Sarah X Dylan Sarah X Dylan (born October 9, 1980) is an American Internet radio host, Internet television host, and former radio producer and talk show co-host. Formerly of ""The Rick Emerson Show"" and KOIN-TV, and current co-host of ""Funemployment Radio"", and is based in Portland, Oregon. Her name is a stage name. The ""X"" in Sarah X Dylan does not stand for anything. She, along with Rick Emerson, is a huge fan of ""Futurama"", and wanted a distinguishing name for radio, so she chose to use a middle initial of ""X"", in much the same way"
"and posted a daily photo captioned with #PurpleForAPurpose on her social media accounts to bring attention to the disease. Carson continues to be an avid supporter of Hirshberg Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research and other groups searching to find early detection methods for the disease, which still has just a single digit 5-year survival rate. Deb Carson Deb Carson is an award-winning American radio and television personality and national sports anchor for Fox Sports Radio. She currently anchors the network's National Sports Reports weekdays during ""The Dan Patrick Show"" and ""The Rich Eisen Show"". She was previously Co-Host of FSR's"
"with Fred Astaire, Orson Welles, Sir Alec Guinness, Sir Paul McCartney, Muhammad Ali, George Michael, Madonna, John Cleese and Mel Gibson, devoting an entire programme to a guest who was considered especially noteworthy. On 18 December 2003 he addressed the second Bradman Oration in Brisbane. He stated that the most remarkable man he ever interviewed was Muhammad Ali, and regrets never having interviewed Frank Sinatra or Sir Don Bradman. Parkinson returned to hosting television in November 2012 with his new show ""Parkinson: Masterclass"" on Sky Arts. Parkinson took over BBC Radio 4's ""Desert Island Discs"" for the 1986 series, after"