Desert Island Discs: Archive 1986-1991 - Rt Hon John Biffen MP

The castaway in this week's Desert Island Discs is the Rt Hon John Biffen MP. One of the most popular men at Westminster and a dedicated parliamentarian, he will be talking to Sue Lawley about his early passion for history and politics, his later dismissal from the cabinet by Mrs Thatcher, and also discussing the current debate surrounding the leadership of the Conservative Party.

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

Favourite track: The English Character (speech) by Stanley Baldwin
Book: 1946 Wisden Almanack for cricketers
Luxury: Rain gauge

Published on Sunday, 25th March 1990.

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