Most Rev Robert Runcie - a podcast by BBC Radio 4

The first castaway of 1989 in this week's Desert Island Discs is one of Britain's most senior church leaders - the Most Reverend Robert Runcie, the 102nd Archbishop of Canterbury. He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about his Liverpool childhood and his war years when, as a tank commander, he won the military cross.

[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

Favourite track: The Sanctus
Book: The Odyssey by Homer
Luxury: Rocking chair

Further episodes of Desert Island Discs: Archive 1986-1991

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