Desert Island Discs: Archive 1981-1985 - Willie Rushton

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Willie Rushton is a cartoonist, actor, writer and a regular member of quiz game panels. He tells Roy Plomley about how he came to be one of the founders of Private Eye, about the early days of the TV programme That Was the Week That Was, and he chooses eight records he would take to the mythical island.

[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

Favourite track: I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plan by Sam Browne
Book: Anthology by G.K. Chesterton
Luxury: Piano

Published on Saturday, 18th August 1984.

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