Desert Island Discs
Episodes
Dame Janet Baker
07 Aug 1982
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Plomley's castaway is mezzo-soprano Dame Janet Baker.Favourite track: Sonata In A Minor by Domenico Scarlatti Book: Persuasion by Jane Austen Luxu...
George Martin
31 Jul 1982
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Roy Plomley's castaway is record producer George Martin.Favourite track: St Matthew Passion (Opening) by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Manual on practic...
Lyall Watson
24 Jul 1982
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Roy Plomley's castaway is marine biologist Lyall Watson.Favourite track: The Call Of A Burchell's Coucal Book: Pears Cyclopaedia Luxury: Film projecto...
Pamela Stephenson
17 Jul 1982
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Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Pamela Stephenson.Favourite track: Legong Kraton by Gong Kebyar Book: Buddhist scripture by Dama Pada Luxury: Televi...
Captain Jacques Cousteau
10 Jul 1982
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Roy Plomley's castaway is oceanographer Captain Jacques Cousteau.Favourite track: Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue In D Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach Boo...
John Mortimer QC
03 Jul 1982
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Roy Plomley's castaway is barrister John Mortimer QC.Favourite track: Soave Sia Il Vento by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: The Oxford Book of English V...
Eric Newby
19 Jun 1982
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Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Eric Newby.Favourite track: The Flies Crawled Up The Window by Jack Hulbert Book: Dictionary of National Biography Lu...
Sir Anton Dolin
12 Jun 1982
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Roy Plomley's castaway is choreographer Sir Anton Dolin.Favourite track: La Traviata Act 3 Prelude by Giuseppe Verdi Book: Friends and Memories by Sir...
Delia Smith
05 Jun 1982
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Roy Plomley's castaway is cookery expert Delia Smith.Favourite track: Lief by Rhos Male Choir Book: Autobiography by Saint Therese of Lisieux Luxury: ...
Desmond Hawkins
29 May 1982
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Roy Plomley's castaway is founder of the BBC's Natural History Unit Desmond Hawkins.Favourite track: Octet In F Major by Franz Schubert Book: Field gu...
Marti Webb
22 May 1982
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Roy Plomley's castaway is actress and singer Marti Webb.Favourite track: The Dreaded Batter Pudding Hurler Of Bexhill-0n-Sea by The Goons Book: Illust...
Julian Symons
15 May 1982
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Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Julian Symons.Favourite track: The Quarry by W. H. Auden Book: Bleak House by Charles Dickens Luxury: Couch
Lucia Popp
08 May 1982
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Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Lucia Popp.Favourite track: Teddy Bears' Picnic by Henry Hall and BBC Dance Orchestra Book: The Magic Mountain by Th...
Jenny Agutter
01 May 1982
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Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Jenny Agutter.Favourite track: Fantasia On A Theme By Thomas Tallis by Ralph Vaughan Williams Book: The Oxford Book ...
Dorothy Dunnett
24 Apr 1982
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Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Dorothy Dunnett.Favourite track: Symphony No. 7 In A Major by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: The History of the Decline a...
Brian Aldiss
17 Apr 1982
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Roy Plomley's castaway is novelist and critic Brian Aldiss.Favourite track: Sonata In A by Franz Schubert Book: Rasselas by Dr Samuel Johnson Luxury: ...
Julia McKenzie
10 Apr 1982
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Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Julia McKenzie.Favourite track: Skylark by Johnny Mandel and his Orchestra Book: Act One by Moss Hart Luxury: Painti...
Richard Armstrong
03 Apr 1982
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Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Richard Armstrong.Favourite track: Tristan's Monologue by Richard Wagner Book: Piano Sonatas by Beethoven Luxury: ...
Sir William Walton
27 Mar 1982
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Roy Plomley's castaway is composer Sir William Walton.Favourite track: Violin Concerto by William Walton Book: The Education of a Gardener by Russel P...
Lord Bernard Miles
20 Mar 1982
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Roy Plomley's castaway is founder of the Mermaid Bernard Miles.Favourite track: Piano Concerto No. 24 In C Minor by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: The ...
George Chisholm
13 Mar 1982
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Roy Plomley's castaway is jazz trombonist George Chisholm.Favourite track: I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plan by Jack Teagarden Book: Novels by P G W...
Dame Eva Turner
06 Mar 1982
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Plomley's castaway is prima donna Dame Eva Turner.Favourite track: Umbra Di Nube by Claudia Muzio Book: Inferno by Dante Alighieri Luxury: Castane...
John Osborne
27 Feb 1982
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Roy Plomley's castaway is playwright John Osborne.Favourite track: The Lark Ascending by Ralph Vaughan Williams Book: Holy Living and Holy Dying by Je...
Petula Clark
20 Feb 1982
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Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Petula Clark.Favourite track: Ein Heldenleben by Richard Strauss Book: Short Stories by John Steinbeck Luxury: Pian...
Sir Christopher Leaver
13 Feb 1982
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Roy Plomley's castaway is Lord Mayor of London Sir Christopher Leaver.Favourite track: Triple Concerto in C Major by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: Grove'...
Professor J K Galbraith
06 Feb 1982
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Roy Plomley's castaway is former US ambassador Professor J K Galbraith.Favourite track: Oh What A Beautiful Morning by Alfred Drake Book: Personally c...
Paul McCartney
30 Jan 1982
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Roy Plomley's castaway is Beatle Paul McCartneyPresented by Roy Plomley.Favourite track: Beautiful Boy by John Lennon Book: Linda's pictures by Linda ...
Frankie Howerd
23 Jan 1982
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Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian Frankie Howerd.Favourite track: Jerusalem by Blake/Parry Book: David Copperfield by Charles Dickens Luxury: Cross g...
Angela Rippon
16 Jan 1982
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Roy Plomley's castaway is broadcaster Angela Rippon.Favourite track: Jupiter by Gustav Holst Book: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Luxury: Water co...
Martin Gilbert
09 Jan 1982
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Roy Plomley's castaway is historian Martin Gilbert.Favourite track: M'Appari by Beniamino Gigli Book: The document volumes of the Churchill biography ...
Trevor Brooking
02 Jan 1982
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Roy Plomley's castaway is footballer Trevor Brooking.Favourite track: What Kind Of Fool by Barbra Steisand & Barry Gibb Book: Crossword puzzles an...
Earl of Harewood
26 Dec 1981
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Roy Plomley's castaway is the managing director of the ENO George Lascelles.Favourite track: Piano Sonata In A by Franz Schubert Book: Anthology of Po...
Helene Hanff
19 Dec 1981
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Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Helene Hanff.Favourite track: In Tears Of Grief by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Memoirs by Louis De Rouvroy Luxury: Sc...
Jack Higgins
12 Dec 1981
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Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Jack Higgins.Favourite track: Piano Concerto No. 4 In G Minor by Sergei Rachmaninov Book: The Four Quartets by T S El...
Alan Howard
05 Dec 1981
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Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Alan Howard.Favourite track: Symphony No. 15 In D by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: Piano manual Luxury: Piano
Sir Douglas Bader
04 Dec 1981
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Roy Plomley's castaway is RAF pilot Sir Douglas Bader.Favourite track: I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing by The New Seekers Book: Complete works by...
Diana Dors
27 Nov 1981
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Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Diana Dors.Book: Autobiography by Diana Dors Luxury: Chocolates
James Clavell
14 Nov 1981
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Roy Plomley's castaway is novelist James Clavell.Favourite track: The Impossible Dream by Roberta Flack Book: The Koran
Professor Glyn Daniel
07 Nov 1981
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Roy Plomley's castaway is archaeologist Professor Glyn Daniel.Favourite track: Partita No. 1 in B Flat by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Brewer's Diction...
Patrick Lichfield
31 Oct 1981
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Roy Plomley's castaway is photographer Patrick Lichfield.Favourite track: As Time Goes By by Dooley Wilson Book: Book with blank cork pages Luxury: As...
Joseph Cotten
30 Oct 1981
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Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Joseph Cotten.Favourite track: Symphony No. 1 in C Minor by Johannes Brahms Book: Gardening manual Luxury: Boat buildi...
Elspeth Huxley
17 Oct 1981
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Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Elspeth Huxley.Favourite track: Piano Concerto in A Minor by Edvard Grieg Book: Novels by P G Wodehouse Luxury: Camer...
Montserrat Caballe
10 Oct 1981
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Montserrat Caballe.Luxury: Record box
Beaux Arts Trio
03 Oct 1981
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Roy Plomley's castaways are the musical collective Beaux Arts Trio.Book: Books about gardening, painting and boat handling Luxury: Violin & string...
James Mason
26 Sep 1981
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Roy Plomley's castaway is actor James Mason.Favourite track: My Man by Billie Holiday Book: Ada by Vladimir Nabokov Luxury: Guitar
Malcolm Muggeridge
19 Sep 1981
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Roy Plomley's castaway is writer, journalist and broadcaster Malcolm Muggeridge.Favourite track: Exultate Jubilate by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: Wr...
Jessye Norman
12 Sep 1981
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Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Jessye Norman.Favourite track: Love Duet by Richard Wagner Book: Diaries by Virginia Woolf Luxury: Perrier Water
Alan Jones
05 Sep 1981
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Roy Plomley's castaway is racing driver Alan Jones.Favourite track: Reminiscing by Little River Band Book: Eagle in the Sky by Wilbur Smith Luxury: Au...
Frank Oz
29 Aug 1981
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Roy Plomley's castaway is puppeteer Frank Oz.Favourite track: Don't Get Around Much Anymore by Mose Allison Book: The complete works by Emily Dickinso...
Paul Eddington
22 Aug 1981
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Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Paul Eddington.Favourite track: St Matthew Passion No 45-46 by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Experiences of an Irish RM ...
Sebastian Coe
15 Aug 1981
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Roy Plomley's castaway is world champion athlete Sebastian Coe.Favourite track: A Foggy Day by Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armsrtong Book: The Penguin...
Terry Hands
08 Aug 1981
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Roy Plomley's castaway is producer Terry Hands.Favourite track: String Quartet in C by Franz Joseph Haydn Book: Dictionary Luxury: Cello
Julian Lloyd Webber
01 Aug 1981
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Roy Plomley's castaway is cellist Julian Lloyd Webber.Favourite track: Cello Concerto in E Minor by Edward Elgar Book: History of Orient Football Club...
Roger Moore
25 Jul 1981
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Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Roger Moore.Favourite track: New York, New York by Frank Sinatra Book: Nobel House by James Clavell Luxury: Video pla...
Carl Sagan
18 Jul 1981
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Roy Plomley's castaway is astronomer Carl Sagan.Favourite track: Partita No. 3 in E by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Boy Scout hand book Luxury: Reflect...
Gillian Lynne
11 Jul 1981
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Roy Plomley's castaway is director Gillian Lynne.Favourite track: Concerto For Double String Orchestra by Michael Tippett Book: French language course...
Gloria Swanson
04 Jul 1981
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Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Gloria Swanson.Favourite track: Un Bel Di Vedremo by Giacomo Puccini Book: The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran Luxury: Tele...
Morris West
27 Jun 1981
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Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Morris West.Favourite track: Sinfonia Concertante In E Flat Major by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: Meditations Upon O...
Giuseppe Di Stefano
20 Jun 1981
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Roy Plomley's castaway is tenor Giuseppe Di Stefano.Favourite track: Qui La Voce Sua Soave by Vincenzo Bellini Book: Maria by Arianna Stassinopoulos L...
Richard Leakey
13 Jun 1981
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Roy Plomley's castaway is anthropologist Richard Leakey.Favourite track: Solo Whale by Frank Watlington Book: Touch The Earth by T C McLuhan Luxury: P...
Rt Hon William Whitelaw
06 Jun 1981
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Roy Plomley's castaway is Home Secretary The Rt Hon William Whitelaw.Favourite track: White Christmas by Bing Crosby Book: The World That Fred Made by...
Eric Shilling
30 May 1981
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Roy Plomley's castaway is bass singer Eric Shilling.Favourite track: Deh Vieni Non Tardar by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: Collin's Albatross Book of ...
Edmund Rubbra
23 May 1981
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Roy Plomley's castaway is composer Edmund Rubbra.Favourite track: Symphony No .9 In C by Franz Schubert Book: Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne Luxury: Mu...
Sir John Gielgud
16 May 1981
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Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Sir John Gielgud.Favourite track: Double Concerto in D Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: A La Recherche Du Temps Pe...
Buddy Rich
09 May 1981
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Roy Plomley's castaway is bandleader and drummer Buddy Rich.Favourite track: The Girl On The Rock by Ralph Brewster Singers Book: The Story of O by Pa...
Sir Frederick Ashton
02 May 1981
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Roy Plomley's castaway is choreographer Sir Frederick Ashton.Favourite track: Piano Concerto No. 21 in C by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: A La Recherc...
Stewart Granger
25 Apr 1981
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Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Stewart Granger.Favourite track: Piano Concerto No. 5 In E Flat Major by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: Collected works b...
Princess Grace of Monaco
18 Apr 1981
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Roy Plomley's castaway is Princess Grace Of Monaco.Favourite track: Berceuse In D Flat by Frédéric Chopin Book: Plays by George Kelly Luxury: Pillow
Sir Fitzroy MacLean
11 Apr 1981
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Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Sir Fitzroy MacLean.Favourite track: Piano Concerto No. 5 In E Flat Major by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: War and Peace...
Patricia Ruanne
28 Mar 1981
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Roy Plomley's castaway is ballerina Patricia Ruanne.Favourite track: Romeo and Juliet Ballet Suite by Sergei Prokofiev Book: The Lord of the Rings by ...
Russell Harty
21 Mar 1981
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Roy Plomley's castaway is broadcaster Russell Harty.Favourite track: In The Bleak Midwinter by King's College Chapel Choir Book: A History of Craven b...
Peter Nichols
14 Mar 1981
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Roy Plomley's castaway is playwright Peter Nichols.Favourite track: He Trusted In God by George Frideric Handel Book: Collected essays by George Orwel...
Daniel Massey
07 Mar 1981
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Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Daniel Massey.Favourite track: Violin Concerto in D by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: Ego by James Agate Luxury: Wine
Carla Lane
28 Feb 1981
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Roy Plomley's castaway is writer and comedian Carla Lane.Favourite track: Violin Concerto in D by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Book: Dictionary of quotati...
Frederic Raphael
21 Feb 1981
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Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Frederic Raphael.Favourite track: Cello Concerto in B Minor by Antonin Dvořák Book: Bilingual edition of poetry by...
David Broome
14 Feb 1981
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Roy Plomley's castaway is show jumper David Broome.Favourite track: Hymns and Arias by Max Boyce Book: Collected Speeches by Sir Winston Churchill Lu...
Mary O'Hara
07 Feb 1981
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Roy Plomley's castaway is singer Mary O'Hara.Favourite track: Double Concerto in D Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: The Lord of the Rings by J R R...
Jeffrey Archer
31 Jan 1981
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Roy Plomley's castaway is writer and former MP Jeffrey Archer.Favourite track: Help! by The Beatles Book: Reunion by Fred Uhlman Luxury: Plasticine mo...
Joan Plowright
24 Jan 1981
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Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Joan Plowright.Favourite track: Symphony No. 6 In F Major by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: Three novels by Aldous Huxle...
HRH Princess Margaret
17 Jan 1981
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Roy Plomley's castaway is HRH Princess Margaret.Favourite track: Swan Lake by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Book: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy Luxury: Pian...
John Fowles
10 Jan 1981
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Roy Plomley's castaway is writer John Fowles.Book: Dictionary of National Biography Luxury: Field glasses
Robin Cousins
03 Jan 1981
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Roy Plomley's castaway is ice-skating champion Robin Cousins.Favourite track: Carmen Ballet by Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra Book: Shogun by James Clavell...
Placido Domingo
27 Dec 1980
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Roy Plomley's castaway is tenor Placido Domingo.Favourite track: Otello by Giuseppe Verdi Book: Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Luxury: Video playe...
Arthur Askey
20 Dec 1980
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Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian Arthur Askey.Favourite track: Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Book: Guinness Book of ...
Neville Marriner
13 Dec 1980
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Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Neville Marriner.Favourite track: There Is No Rose by King's College Chapel Choir Book: Life On Earth by David Att...
Jose Carreras
06 Dec 1980
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Roy Plomley's castaway is tenor Jose Carreras.Favourite track: Your Tiny Hand is Frozen (Che gelida manina) (from La Boheme) by Giacomo Puccini Book: ...
Alan Minter
29 Nov 1980
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Roy Plomley's castaway is boxer Alan Minter.Favourite track: My Way by Frank Sinatra Book: Survival manual Luxury: Solar-powered transistor radio
Tom Conti
22 Nov 1980
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Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Tom Conti.Favourite track: Dies Irae by Giuseppe Verdi Book: Summerhill by A S Neill Luxury: Piano
Jacquetta Hawkes
15 Nov 1980
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Roy Plomley's castaway is archaeologist Jacquetta Hawkes.Favourite track: Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in A Major by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: Collecte...
Mark Elder
08 Nov 1980
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Roy Plomley's castaway is musical director of the English National Opera Mark Elder.Favourite track: I Used To Be Colour Blind by Fred Astaire Book: W...
Derek Tangye
01 Nov 1980
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Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Derek Tangye.Favourite track: Symphony No. 2 in E Minor by Sergei Rachmaninov Book: A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu by ...
Catherine Gaskin
25 Oct 1980
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Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Catherine Gaskin.Favourite track: String Quartet in C Sharp Minor by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: The Story of Civiliza...
Brian Glover
18 Oct 1980
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Roy Plomley's castaway is actor and playwright Brian Glover.Favourite track: Like A Rolling Stone by Bob Dylan Book: Card Games by John Scarne Luxury:...
Sir John Tooley
11 Oct 1980
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Roy Plomley's castaway is the General Administrator of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Sir John TooleyFavourite track: The Marriage Of Figaro (A...
Ronald Lockley
04 Oct 1980
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Roy Plomley's castaway is naturalist and writer Ronald Lockley.Favourite track: Prelude A L'Apres Midi D'Un Faune by Claude Debussy Book: The Natural ...
Andrea Newman
27 Sep 1980
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Roy Plomley's castaway is novelist and TV writer Andrea Newman.Favourite track: Im Abendrot by Richard Strauss Book: The Weather in the Streets by Ros...
Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger
20 Sep 1980
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Roy Plomley's castaways are producers Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger.Favourite track: Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss Book: Essays by Mich...
Antal Dorati
13 Sep 1980
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Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Antal Dorati.Favourite track: Rondo Capriccioso by Felix Mendelssohn Book: The Golden Man by Yokoi Luxury: Italian...
Earl Of Snowdon
06 Sep 1980
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Plomley's castaway is photographer Antony Armstrong-Jones, The Earl Of Snowdon.Favourite track: Swan Lake (Finale) by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Boo...
Renata Scotto
30 Aug 1980
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Renata Scotto.Favourite track: Sola, Perduta, Abbandonata by Giacomo Puccini Book: Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri ...