Desert Island Discs
Episodes
P D James
20 Nov 1982
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Plomley's castaway is writer P D James.Favourite track: St Matthew Passion (First Chorus) by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Middlemarch by George Eli...
Rosamond Lehmann
13 Nov 1982
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Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Rosamond Lehmann.Favourite track: Nunc Dimittis by Burgon Book: Letters by Marquise de Sevigne Luxury: Writing Materi...
Thomas Allen
06 Nov 1982
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Plomley's castaway is baritone Thomas Allen.Favourite track: Concerto in C For Violin, Cello, Piano by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: Jane Eyre by Cha...
Rt Hon. George Thomas
30 Oct 1982
Contributed by Lukas
Lord Tonypandy, George Thomas, now Chairman of the National Children's Homes, was Speaker of the House of Commons from 1976 to 1983. He was invited to...
Mike Harding
23 Oct 1982
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian Mike Harding.Favourite track: 2000-Year-Old Man by Carl Reiner & Mel Brooks Book: The New Oxford Book of Englis...
Geoffrey Grigson
16 Oct 1982
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Roy Plomley's castaway is critic Geoffrey Grigson.Favourite track: She Never Told Her Love by Franz Joseph Haydn Book: The Oxford English Dictionary L...
N.Busch, J.Kuchmy, M.Parry, M.Wilson
09 Oct 1982
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Plomley's castaways are members of the London Philharmonic Orchestra.Book: Books by Hector Berlioz, Charles Dickens, Hugh Johnson and a cookery bo...
David Lloyd Jones
02 Oct 1982
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Plomley's castaway is artistic director of Opera North David Lloyd Jones.Favourite track: Symphony No. 9 In C by Franz Schubert Book: Journal by E...
Wilbur Smith
25 Sep 1982
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Wilbur Smith.Favourite track: Symphony No. 3 in E Flat Major by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: The Oxford English Diction...
Carlo Curley
18 Sep 1982
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Plomley's castaway is organist Carlo Curley.Favourite track: Wie Lieblich Sind Deine Wohnungen by Johannes Brahms Book: Cookery book by Julia Chil...
James Loughran
11 Sep 1982
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor James Loughran.Favourite track: Mir Ist So Wunderbar by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: Comprehensive world airways tim...
Claire Bloom
04 Sep 1982
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Claire Bloom.Favourite track: Soave Sia Il Vento by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu by M...
Duke & Duchess of Devonshire
28 Aug 1982
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Roy Plomley's castaways are the Duke & Duchess Of Devonshire.Favourite track: You're The Top by Ethel Merman Book: Books by Beatrix Potter and Cha...
Carl Davis
21 Aug 1982
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Plomley's castaway is composer Carl Davis.Favourite track: Hm, hm, hm! (from The Magic Flute) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: Short Stories by An...
Donald Sinden
14 Aug 1982
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Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Donald Sinden.Favourite track: Symphony No. 6 In F Major by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: A History of Architecture on th...
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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...