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Desert Island Discs - Norris McWhirter - BBC Sounds

Desert Island Discs - Norris McWhirter - BBC Sounds

Desert Island Discs

Norris McWhirterNorris McWhirter

Released On: 10 Feb 1979

Available for over a year

Roy Plomley's castaway is Editor of the Guinness Book of Records Norris McWhirter

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