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🗓️ 29 August 1981
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Roy Plomley's castaway is puppeteer Frank Oz.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, I'm Kirstie Young, and this is a download from the Desert Island Discs archive. |
| 0:05.0 | This edition may be slightly different from what was actually broadcast, but it is the only version we have. |
| 0:11.0 | It comes from the British Library's radio collection. |
| 0:14.0 | The recording didn't contain the guest's eight music choices, so we've rebuilt the original show |
| 0:19.0 | by using discs from the BBC Gramophone library. |
| 0:22.0 | For rights reasons, we've had to shorten the music. |
| 0:25.0 | Full details can be found on the Castaways page on the Desert Island Discs website. |
| 0:30.0 | The program was originally broadcast in 1981, and the presenter was Roy Plumlee. On a desert island this week is the man who is the voice of Miss Peggy and some other |
| 0:57.0 | muppit mates it's Frank Oz. Frank is music a major interest of yours? |
| 1:02.2 | Not a major interest of yours? |
| 1:03.0 | Not a major one, no. I'm not one who comes home and sits down and listens to music. |
| 1:08.6 | I tend to listen to music a great deal in the car driving to and from work. |
| 1:12.3 | Have you any skill at music? |
| 1:14.0 | Do you play an instrument? |
| 1:15.0 | I studied cello for about a year when I was in my teens and I've taken about a year and a half |
| 1:20.0 | a piano and music theory. |
| 1:22.0 | Have you ever played in public anyway? No. in a half piano and music theory. |
| 1:22.5 | Have you ever played in public anyway? |
| 1:24.5 | No, no. |
| 1:26.5 | No, there's no real reason for me to play in public anywhere. |
| 1:29.5 | Right, now you have just this miserable allowance of eight discs. What's the first one you've chosen? |
| 1:35.2 | The first one is called Young Man Moes, and it's the title of the album. It's by Moes Allison, who's a particular favorite of mine. The reason I chose |
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