商品簡介
Fascinating facts, figures, stats and trivia, in celebration of the 70th anniversary ofDesert Island Discs.
Flotsam & Jetsam is the ultimate and totally irresistible trivia book for fans of the hugely popularDesert Island Discs radio programme, and a fascinating introduction for all those who have yet to discover its delights. Taking the reader on a journey of discovery through seven glorious decades of entertainment, this book offers an endlessly absorbing range of facts and figures, stats and miscellany -- including who chose what, and why. It also reveals much about the castaways' drives and motivations, their influences and, of course, their dreams.
Spanning the early years, with the original presenter Roy Plomley, to the present day, theDesert Island Discs story shows how each decade has brought its own unique surprises -- some hilarious, such Eric Morecambe's choice of a deckchair, and Ernie Wise's choice of a deckchair ticket machine -- and some very touching, such as Neil Kinnock's request for a recording of his two-year-old daughter singing 'Horace the Horse', or Duncan Goodhew's choice of a wig. From Beethoven to the Beatles, from chess boards and chocolate to Jane Austen and the Qur'an this is the perfect companion volume toDesert Island Discs: 70 Years of Castaways, and a fitting tribute to the national treasure that isDesert Island Discs.
作者簡介
Mitchell Symons has worked as both a BBC television researcher and director, and was a principal writer for the early editions of Trivial Pursuit. An experienced broadcaster and journalist, Mitchell has written columns for almost every British newspaper and won the Columnist of the Year award in 2002. He now writes a regular column in the Sunday Express. He has also written more than 50 books, including the bestselling That Book and several books for children. For the past two years he has won the prestigious Blue Peter "Best Book with Facts" award.
