Desert Island Discs

BBC Radio 4 2707 - Malorie Blackman on receiving 82 rejection letters from publishers

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

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Desert Island Discs

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Malorie Blackman on receiving 82 rejection letters from publishers

How snooker halls became Ronnie O'Sullivan's "creche" from a young age

Delia Smith on her catchphrase - "Let's be havin' you!"

How Kate Moss's modelling break came at an unexpected moment

Keith Richards on writing "Satisfaction" in his sleep

Chaka Khan, singer and songwriter

Professor Dame Pamela Shaw

Emma Grede, businesswoman

Sir Roger Deakins, cinematographer

Shania Twain, musician

Paul Farmer, charity leader

Professor Liz Morris, glaciologist

Norman Cook, DJ and musician

Jo Nesbø, writer

Anna Maxwell Martin, actor

Peter Layton, artist

Guy Martin, presenter and former motorcycle racer

Emily Watson, actor

Gary O'Donoghue, journalist

Patricia Greene

David Morrissey, actor

Julie Goodyear

June Spencer

Si King, cook

Sara Pascoe, comedian and writer

Professor Stephen Westaby, surgeon and writer

Jessie Buckley, actor

Dwayne Fields, explorer

Roula Khalaf, journalist

Richard Young, photographer

Tahra Zafar, costume and effects designer

Professor Michele Dougherty, scientist

Kemi Badenoch MP, leader of the opposition

Adeel Akhtar, actor

Jesse Armstrong, writer

Jojo Moyes, writer

Kate Winslet, actor

Lee Child, writer

Margaret Atwood, writer

Gordon Buchanan, cameraman and presenter

Sir Salman Rushdie, writer

Sir Tim Berners-Lee, Computer Scientist

Sally Mann, photographer and writer

Lorraine Kelly, broadcaster

Lennie James, actor

Mary Greenwell, makeup artist

Ronnie Wood, musician

Angela Harding, artist

Michael Sheen, actor

Maggie Alphonsi, broadcaster and former rugby player