Hello, I'm Kirstie Young, and this is a download from the Desert Island Discs archive.

This edition may be slightly different from what was actually broadcast, but it is the only version we have.

It comes from the British Library's radio collection.

The recording didn't contain the guest's eight music choices, so we rebuilt the original

show by using discs from the BBC Gramophone Library.. For rights reasons we've had to shorten the

music. Full details can be found on the Castaways page on the Desert Island Discs website.

The program was originally broadcast in 1981.

And the presenter was Roy Plumley. This week our cast away as the author, broadcaster and journalist Malcolm Muggeridge.

Have you ever experienced prolonged loneliness? Yes, I have, but it hasn't worried me too much.

What would be the worst thing about a desert island apart from the loneliness.

Well, I think simply trying to remain alive.

I mean, nobody could be less competent than I am in matters of sort of, you know, building a little hut or scratching up the earth for food and

generally being resourceful.

What would be the best thing about being on a desert island?

What would you be happiest to have got away from?

Well, one who is no television.

I mean, that would be in itself absolutely

there's no question of turning that on.

How much does music mean to you?

Well, it means more and more now.

When I was last on your program, how long ago was that?

It was 25 years ago.

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