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Jack Thorne, screenwriter

Desert Island Discs

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Is It Time for Me to Cast You Away?

Jack Thorne has chosen eight discs from the BBC archive to take on his own island. He says he will be cast away like Tom Hanks in ET and become a 'properly Hanks' The film changed his life every time he saw it, but also made him think of his son Elliot who is called Elliot too. If you'd like to find out how Tom Hanks got on when he was asked to take his island, join me next week at 10pm on Radio 4.

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