Complex sentence: She appeared as a "castaway" on the BBC Radio programme "Desert Island Discs" on 18 December 1971, and was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1986.
Split into simpler sentences: She appeared as a "castaway" on the BBC Radio programme "Desert Island Discs" on 18 December 1971. She was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1986.