by musicalmemoir | Oct 16, 2016 | DID Trivia
A: Sir David Attenborough (1957, 1979, 1998, 2012) And still going strong! Arthur Askey is the only other person who has appeared four times. (1942, 1955, 1969, 1980)
by musicalmemoir | Oct 3, 2016 | Didn't know who they were until DID, Our favourite Castaways
This DID falls in to the category of “I had no idea who you were until I listened to the interview” and I only listened to this today, even though it was broadcast back in October 2015. For me this is one of the greatest pleasures of DID, hearing someone...
by musicalmemoir | Sep 18, 2016 | DID Trivia
Aside from classical music, here are the most popular artists chosen by castaways. From “Flotsam & Jetsam” by Mitchell Symons: The Beatles – chosen 252 times Frank Sinatra – 240 Bing Crosby – 166 Louis Armstrong – 136 (he and...
by musicalmemoir | May 13, 2016 | DID Guest Choices, Our favourite Castaways
Tom Hanks was a great Castaway on DID today. Of course, he’s been Cast Away before, in the 2000 film. On DID he spoke about his “vagabond” childhood and moving house 10 times in five years due to his dad’s job as a chef. This was an emotional...
by musicalmemoir | May 12, 2016 | DID Trivia
If you love Desert Island Discs then this book by Mitchell Symons contains some excellent trivia and reveals some bizarre stories, fact and figures from over 70 years of Desert Island Discs on the radio. We include a copy of this book with every interview we do....
by musicalmemoir | Apr 30, 2016 | DID Trivia
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Chosen 792 episodes Ludwig van Beethoven – 719 Johann Sebastian Bach – 652 Franz Schubert – 362 Giuseppe Verdi – 332 Edward Elgar – 328 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – 318 Giacomo Puccini –...
by musicalmemoir | Apr 3, 2016 | DID Guest Choices, DID Trivia
DID Trivia In 2006, when David Cameron picked This Charming Man by The Smiths, the group’s guitarist, Johnny Marr, was angry enough to tell the future Prime Minister to stop saying he was a fan of the group. Cameron also chose Benny Hill’s Ernie (The Fastest Milkman...
by musicalmemoir | Mar 11, 2016 | DID Guest Choices, Our favourite Castaways
Kathy Burke in August 2010 I remembered listening to Kathy Burke’s DID appearance and it being lodged in my mind as one of the great episodes. You see, I often listen to DID as a podcast, sometimes months after they’ve been broadcast, when I take my dogs...
by musicalmemoir | Feb 6, 2016 | DID Guest Choices
Bill Gates was last week’s guest on DID and it was another excellent interview. I’ve just read this review of the interview on The Guardian’s website and I’ve copied it here in its entirety. Bill Gates recalls rivalry with ‘genius’...
by musicalmemoir | Feb 3, 2016 | Our favourite Castaways
Captain Eric Brown I have to admit that some of the guests on DID are unknown to me before I have heard their interview. And then Kirsty introduces them and I think “OK, this could be interesting” and it nearly always is. One of the interviews that I...
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