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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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| Steve & Vilma Murray are our latest Castaways and have been regular visitors to Los Gigantes since 1998 when they first discovered the allure and charm the resort has over people . Company director Steve , 49 , and Vilma , 47 , are originally from Sunderland and now based in Wentbridge . |
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Merry Christmas Everybody |
Slade |
| He Ain't Heavy , He's My Brother |
The Hollies |
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Killing Me Softly
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Roberta Flack |
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Maggie May |
Rod Stewart |
| When A Child Is Born |
Johnny Mathis |
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You've Got Wires |
Athlete |
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Unchained Melody |
Righteous Brothers |
| I'll Never Fall In Love Again |
Bobby Gentry |
| I Did It My Way |
Frank Sinatra |
| Candle In The Wind |
Elton John |
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| What special significance does track No1 hold for you ? |
| We met each other at a Slade concert in 1972 . Vilma was 14 and a half and I was 16 . This year we will be celebrating our 30 th wedding anniversary . |
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| Which work of literature would you take to your desert island ? |
Any short , quick reads . There must be better things to do ! |
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| Which magazine subscription would you take out ? |
Anything that would keep us (slightly) up to date with current events . |
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| What luxury item would be indispensable to you ? |
A mobile phone to make sure that the kids (21 , 25, & 29) have remembered to feed the dogs , Morgon and Bailey , Black and Garden Labradors . |
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| What first brought you to Los Gigantes ? What special appeal does it hold for you ? |
We first came to Los Gigantes in 1988 and stayed in the Medusa apartments . We like it here so much that in 1995 we bought ar family sized apartment on Tamara , however , as the kids were growing up they did not want to come with us and it was bliss ! Now they are older they want to come here as much as us and sometimes even without us !
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Los Gigantes next Castaway will be washed ashore on 4 March 2006 |
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Previous Castaways |
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This web site was designed and created with the authorization and collaboration of the Los Gigantes
Marina Authorities :
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