Michael Elkins
Roy Plomley's castaway is journalist Michael Elkins
Desert Island Discs · BBC Radio 4
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Show Notes
Michael Elkins was, for many years, the BBC correspondent in Jerusalem. In conversation with Roy Plomley, he recalls his childhood in New York, where he became a pool-room hustler, his screen-writing career in Hollywood, and he talks about his active role in helping to set up a Jewish state in Palestine.
[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]
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