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The voices who ran the programme.
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Decades
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Eight decades of castaways.
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Artists
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Every performer chosen on a record.
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Composers
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The composers behind the music.
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Ludwig van Beethoven
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Franz Schubert
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Books
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The one book taken to the island.
- Encyclopedia
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- Dictionary
- War and Peace
- The Oxford Book of English Verse
- Poetry anthology
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Luxuries
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The single luxury each castaway packs.
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Archive
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Records
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Individual records, track by track.
- String Quintet in C major, D. 956 — Franz Schubert
- St Matthew Passion, BWV 244 — Johann Sebastian Bach
- Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85 — Edward Elgar
- Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18 — Sergei Rachmaninoff
- Nimrod (Enigma Variations) — Edward Elgar
- Soave sia il vento (Così fan tutte) — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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