Desert Island Discs from outside. Roy Plomley enforced these rules strictly. He did, however, grant a special dispensation to Princess Michael of Kent, who chose her pet cat. The rules are, however, less strictly enforced today; for instance, Lawley allowed John Cleese to take Michael Palin with him, on the condition that he was dead and stuffed. Examples of luxuries have included champagne and a piano, the latter of which is one of the most requested luxuries. After Plomley's death in 1985, the programme was presented by Michael Parkinson and from 1988 by Sue Lawley. Lawley stepped down in August 2006 after 18
Michael Palin Centre for Stammering Children Michael Palin Centre for Stammering Children The Michael Palin Centre for Stammering is a specialist centre for speech and language therapy for the treatment of stammering, located in Pine Street, central London. Officially opened in 1993, it is a joint initiative between Whittington Health NHS Trust and the charity Action for Stammering Children (ASC). Following his role in "A Fish Called Wanda" in which he portrayed Ken, a character who stammered, as well as having mentioned in his diaries that his father stammered Michael Palin agreed for the centre to be named after him. Palin's continued support and involvement has