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Celebrating 75 years of Desert Island Dis

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Its vast roll-call of castaways ranges from Archbishop Desmond Tutu to the late Cilla Black.

And today the iconic BBC Radio 4 show will celebrate with an anniversary edition in which presenter Kirsty Young interviews football legend David Beckham.

Desert Island Discs is the second longest-running radio series in the world after US country music show Grand Ole Opry.

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