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John Pilger

John Pilger

FromDesert Island Discs


John Pilger

FromDesert Island Discs

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Length:
38 minutes
Released:
Feb 18, 1990
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the journalist John Pilger. He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about his arrival in this country from Australia 28 years ago, and how he went on to become one of the best-known and often most contentious foreign correspondents on the Daily Mirror during the 1960s. His reporting of events from all over the world, but most notably Cambodia, has brought him fame and admiration, as well as criticism and controversy for his campaigning style. He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about these issues.[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: Blue Moon Of Kentucky by Elvis Presley
Book: Catch 22 by Joseph Heller
Luxury: Typewriter
Released:
Feb 18, 1990
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Eight tracks, a book and a luxury: what would you take to a desert island? Guests share the soundtrack of their lives.