Complex sentence: He was the guest castaway on BBC radio's "Desert Island Discs" on 2 January 1953; his chosen book was "The Oxford Book of English Verse" by Arthur Quiller-Couch and his luxury a yellow waistcoat.
Split into simpler sentences: He was the guest castaway on BBC radio's Desert Island Discs on the 2nd January 1953. His chosen book was "The Oxford Book of English Verse" by Arthur Quiller-Couch and his luxury was a yellow waistcoat.