A 'Desert Island Discs' selection, Sunderland-style, explores eight songs that evoke memories and tell the story of a lifetime following 'The Lads', from Bobby Knoxall to Elvis.

Actor David Morrissey shared on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs how severe social anxiety, exacerbated by his father's death at 15, contributed to his battle with alcoholism.

I thought of Jeremy Irons on Monday. When the Oscar-­winning actor and Irish resident was a guest on the BBC’s Desert Island Discs, he spoke about how one of the joys of coming to live in Ireland was…