Complex sentence: He appeared as a "castaway" on the BBC Radio programme "Desert Island Discs" on 15 August 1966, and was made an honorary Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1972.
Split into simpler sentences: He appeared as a "castaway" on the BBC Radio programme "Desert Island Discs" on 15 August 1966. He was made an honorary Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1972.