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Desert Island Discs is a classic amongst radio programmes. In part this is down to its format, where each week a famous guest becomes a fantasy castaway. For comfort the guest can consider eight soundtracks to take to their desert island, then, at the end, they decide on one record, a book in addition to the complete works of Shakespeare and the Bible and a luxury item to help while away their stranded days.

Why isn’t the information about each castaway up-to-date? The information is part of the Desert Island Discs archive and was sourced from the original material.

After 14 years, the cast of The Office is finally defending Reese Witherspoon’s iconically charming, hilarious, and downright inspirational film, Legally Blonde. On the Office Ladies podcast, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey revisited “The Fire” episode of the show, which is the one when the Scranton team evacuates the building because of a fire that is accidentally started by Ryan the temp’s cheese pita.

To pass the time in the parking lot, most of the employees play a game called “Desert Island,” which some people may know as “Stranded on a Deserted Island. Jim, who doesn’t feel Legally Blonde is worthy of being one of the only films you watch on repeat for the rest of time, was obviously wrong. And after all these years Fischer and Kinsey have finally admitted it.

After Meredith reveals Legally Blonde is one of her island choices, Pam attempts to defend her by openly admitting to Jim that she also likes Legally Blonde. He replies, “Pam, no. Do you understand that the game is desert island movies, not guilty pleasure movies?