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Los Gigantes Desert Island Discs |
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Desert Island Discs |
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DESERT ISLAND DISCS is a long running BBC Radio 4 programme. It was first broadcast on January 29th 1942 and is said by the Guinness Book of Records to be the longest running music programme in the history of radio.
Guests are asked to choose the eight pieces of music they would take with them to a desert island, discussion of their choices permitting a review of their life. They also choose one book (excluding the Bible and the works of Shakespeare which are already deemed present on the island) and one luxury item which must be inanimate and have no practical use. |
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While not quite a Desert Island , Tenerife does lay claim to having many castaways from the UK . In this feature we put the Desert Island Discs theme to those who have made Los Gigantes their home , frequent returning visitors and also those people who have come to Los Gigantes for the first time .
In the Los Gigantes version of Desert Island Discs , Castaways choose their all time top ten favourite music recordings on CD , one choice from the world of literature , a magazine subscription - delivered by message in a bottle post - and one luxury item they could not envisage living without . |
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More people have climbed to the peak of Mount Everest than have rowed across the Atlantic Ocean . Fewer still have rowed across an ocean three times , but , this is the amazing claim to fame by our latest Castaway Graham Walters. His incredible story does not end there though . Likeable Leicestershire man Graham is currently at sea for the 4th time in the rowing boat Puffin having departed La Gomera on Sunday 22 January bound for Antigua . Older members of the audience may recall that the Puffin was the ill fated rowing boat crewed by Johnstone & Hoare in 1966 . The Puffin was discovered floating capsized in the middle of the Atlantic ; the crew were never found . " I am not sure if the Puffin is 100% water tight ," explains Graham , " But I know I can get her to the other side ."
Describing himself as a joiner who lost his way , Graham , 52 , is aiming to secure enough sponors to be able to buy a new Ambulance for the London area upon his return . You can read more about Graham and the Puffin story here |
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House Of The Rising Sun |
The Animals |
| Whiter Shade Of Pale |
Procol Harem |
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Route 66
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Bob Dylan |
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All Along The Watchtower |
Jimi Hendrix |
| I Drove All Night |
Roy Orbison |
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Hard Days Night |
The Beatles |
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Love Potion Number Nine |
Elkie Brooks |
| Smoke On The Water |
Deep Purple |
| Pin Ball Wizard |
The Who |
| Sailing |
Rod Stewart |
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| What special significance does track No1 hold for you ? |
| This song is perfect in everyway - it does not require any further elaboration . |
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| Which work of literature would you take to your desert island ? |
The Penance Way . This is the original historical story about the rowing boat Puffin . |
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| Which magazine subscription would you take out ? |
The National Geographic . I enjoy reading about some of the more obscure destinations on the planet and also about the adventurers who are in these remote places . |
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| What luxury item would be indispensable to you ? |
A fresh water making machine - water is THE elixir of life on this planet . |
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| What first brought you to Los Gigantes ? What special appeal does it hold for you ? |
I first came to los Gigantes in 1997 . That was the year of the premier international Rowing Race , in which I was a competitor , destination Barbados .
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Los Gigantes next Castaway will be washed ashore on 11 February 2006 |
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Previous Castaways |
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