Desert Island Discs
Episodes
Tristan Jones
23 Aug 1980
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Plomley's castaway is sailor and writer Tristan Jones.Favourite track: 1812 Overture by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Book: Modern wooden yacht constru...
Stephen Sondheim
16 Aug 1980
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Roy Plomley's castaway is composer Stephen Sondheim.Favourite track: Porgy and Bess by Lawrence Winters and Others Book: Collected works by E B White...
William Trevor
09 Aug 1980
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Roy Plomley's castaway is writer William Trevor.Favourite track: Clarinet Quintet In B Minor by Johannes Brahms Book: Lives of the Saints by Alban But...
Gregory Peck
02 Aug 1980
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Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Gregory Peck.Favourite track: Symphony No. 7 In A Major by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: Abraham Lincoln by Carl Sandburg...
David Scott Blackhall
26 Jul 1980
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Plomley's castaway is broadcaster David Scott Blackhall.Favourite track: Our Love Is Here To Stay by George Gershwin Book: The Oxford Book of Engl...
Daley Thompson
19 Jul 1980
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Plomley's castaway is World Champion decathlete Daley Thompson.Favourite track: Unchained Melody by George Benson Book: Novels by John Wyndham Lux...
Tom Lehrer
12 Jul 1980
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Roy Plomley's castaway is composer Tom Lehrer.Favourite track: Der Rosenkavalier Waltzes by Richard Strauss Book: The Oxford English Dictionary Luxury...
V S Naipaul
05 Jul 1980
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Roy Plomley's castaway is writer V S Naipaul.Favourite track: Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: Teach yourself mathematics ...
Barbara Woodhouse
28 Jun 1980
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Roy Plomley's castaway is dog trainer Barbara Woodhouse.Favourite track: Skye Boat Song by Adrian Brett Book: Talking To Animals by Barbara Woodhouse ...
General Sir John Hackett
21 Jun 1980
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Roy Plomley's castaway is soldier and writer General Sir John Hackett.Favourite track: String Quartet No. 13 in B Flat Major by Ludwig van Beethoven B...
Freddie Jones
07 Jun 1980
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Freddie Jones.Book: The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame Luxury: Liebig condenser for distilling gin
Robert Tear
31 May 1980
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Plomley's castaway is tenor Robert Tear.Favourite track: Concerto For Double String Orchestra by Michael Tippett Book: The Wisdom of Insecurity by...
Earl Hines
24 May 1980
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Plomley's castaway is jazz pianist Earl Hines.Favourite track: Trust In Me by Dinah Washington & Quincy Jones and his Orchestra Book: The Worl...
Rt Hon Lord Denning
17 May 1980
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Plomley's castaway is Master of the Rolls The Rt Hon Lord Alfred Denning.Favourite track: Fantasia On Greensleeves by Ralph Vaughan Williams Book:...
Natalie Wood
10 May 1980
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Natalie Wood.Favourite track: American Pie by Don MacLean Book: Poetry by e e cummings Luxury: Piano
Lindsay Anderson
03 May 1980
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Plomley's castaway is director Lindsay Anderson.Favourite track: Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 In B Flat Major by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Les Thi...
Salvatore Accardo
26 Apr 1980
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Plomley's castaway is violinist Salvatore Accardo.Favourite track: Che Faro Senza Euridice by Christoph Willibald Ritter von Gluck Book: The Odyss...
Erich Segal
19 Apr 1980
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Erich Segal.Favourite track: A Fifth Of Beethoven by Walter Murphy Band Book: The Odyssey by Homer Luxury: Stop watch
Leonard Rossiter
12 Apr 1980
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Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Leonard Rossiter.Favourite track: Max At The Met by Max Miller Book: Three early novels by P G Wodehouse Luxury: Mosel...
Commissioner Catherine Bramwell-Booth
05 Apr 1980
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Plomley's castaway is Salvation Army Commissioner Catherine Bramwell-Booth.Favourite track: Hallelujah Chorus by George Frideric Handel Book: The ...
Donald Pleasence
29 Mar 1980
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Donald Pleasence.Favourite track: Dies Irae by Giuseppe Verdi Book: The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky and C...
Frances Perry
22 Mar 1980
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Plomley's castaway is horticulturalist Frances Perry.Favourite track: Stars and Stripes Forever by Royal Military School Of Music Band and Trumpet...
Geoffrey Household
15 Mar 1980
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Geoffrey Household.Favourite track: Symphony No. 5 In C Minor by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: Elizabethan lyrics from s...
Kiri Te Kanawa
08 Mar 1980
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Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Kiri Te Kanawa.Favourite track: Flute Concerto No. 1 in G by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: War and Peace by Leo Tols...
Susannah York
01 Mar 1980
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Susannah York.Favourite track: Concerto in D Minor For Violin, Oboe and String Orchestra by Johann Sebastian Bach Bo...
Fay Weldon
23 Feb 1980
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Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Fay Weldon.Book: Kennedy's Latin Primer Luxury: Shiny white paper and felt pens
Timothy West
16 Feb 1980
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Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Timothy West.Favourite track: Bagatelle In B Flat by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: Le Morte D'Arthur by Thomas Mallory Lu...
Claudio Abbado
09 Feb 1980
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Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Claudio Abbado.Favourite track: Kommt Ihr Tochter by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri ...
Otto Preminger
02 Feb 1980
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Roy Plomley's castaway is producer Otto Preminger.Favourite track: Laura by Frank Sinatra Book: Autobiography by Otto Preminger Luxury: Beautiful watc...
Sir Cecil Beaton
26 Jan 1980
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Roy Plomley's castaway is photographer and designer Sir Cecil Beaton.Favourite track: Symphony No. 1 in C by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: Scrapbook Luxu...
Dizzy Gillespie
19 Jan 1980
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Plomley's castaway is jazz trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie.Favourite track: Parker's Mood by Charlie Parker All Stars Book: Baha'i Prayer Book Luxury: T...
Sir Peter Parker
12 Jan 1980
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Plomley's castaway is chairman of British Rail Sir Peter Parker.Favourite track: Oboe Quartet in F Major by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: The coll...
Reginald Goodall
05 Jan 1980
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Reginald Goodall.Favourite track: Prelude and Fugue No.1 in C by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Paradise Lost by John...
Kyung-Wha Chung
29 Dec 1979
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Plomley's castaway is violinist Kyung-Wha Chung.Favourite track: Cello Suite No. 5 In C Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Siddhartha by Hermann...
Sir Osbert Lancaster
22 Dec 1979
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Plomley's castaway is cartoonist Sir Osbert Lancaster.Favourite track: Ein' Feste Burg Ist Unser Gott by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: The History o...
Norman Mailer
15 Dec 1979
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Norman Mailer.Favourite track: Symphony No. 3 in E Flat Major by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: Labyrinths by Jorge Luis ...
Elisabeth Soderstrom
08 Dec 1979
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Elisabeth Soderstrom.Favourite track: The Age Of Gold by Dmitri Shostakovich Book: The Second Sex by Simone de Beauv...
Charles Causley
01 Dec 1979
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Plomley's castaway is poet Charles Causley.Favourite track: The Play Of Daniel Overture by Ensemble Hortus Musicus Book: Life of Johnson by James ...
Peter Shaffer
24 Nov 1979
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Plomley's castaway is playwright Peter Shaffer.Favourite track: Piano Concerto No. 9 In E Flat by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: The History of the...
Michael Palin
17 Nov 1979
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor and writer Michael Palin.Favourite track: Nimrod by Edward Elgar Book: Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray Luxu...
Marti Caine
10 Nov 1979
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Roy Plomley's castaway is actress and musician Marti Caine.Favourite track: Coming Home by Marshall Hain Book: Glory Road by Robert Heinlein Luxury: B...
Sian Phillips
03 Nov 1979
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Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Sian Phillips.Favourite track: Summer by Alexander Glazunov Book: Scouting For Boys by Robert Baden-Powell Luxury: S...
Roald Dahl
27 Oct 1979
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Plomley's castaway is children's writer Roald Dahl.Favourite track: Agnus Dei by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: The New Oxford Book of English Verse ...
Rex Harrison
20 Oct 1979
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Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Rex Harrison.Favourite track: A Lull At Dawn by Barney Bigard and his Orchestra Book: A History of Western Philosophy ...
Josephine Barstow
13 Oct 1979
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Josephine Barstow.Favourite track: Symphony No 9 by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas H...
Wilfred Thesiger
06 Oct 1979
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Plomley's castaway is explorer Wilfred Thesiger.Favourite track: Pie Jesu by Gabriel Fauré Book: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman...
Pam Ayres
29 Sep 1979
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Plomley's castaway is poet and broadcaster Pam Ayres.Favourite track: The New St George by John & Chris Leslie Book: The Day of the Jackal by ...
Ted Allbeury
22 Sep 1979
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Plomley's castaway is thriller writer Ted Allbeury.Favourite track: Love Is The Sweetest Thing by Al Bowlly, Ray Noble and his Orchestra Book: The...
Richard Buckle
15 Sep 1979
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Plomley's castaway is writer and critic Richard Buckle.Favourite track: Piano Quintet In A Major by Franz Schubert Book: Tess of the D'Urbervilles...
June Mendoza
11 Sep 1979
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Plomley's castaway is portrait painter June Mendoza.Favourite track: Spring Symphony by Benjamin Britten Book: The Penguin Chronology of the Moder...
Peter Barkworth
04 Sep 1979
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Peter Barkworth.Favourite track: Symphony No. 1 in A Flat by Edward Elgar Book: His diaries to date Luxury: Beautifull...
Barry Norman
25 Aug 1979
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Plomley's castaway is writer and broadcaster Barry Norman.Favourite track: Symphony No. 5 In C Minor by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: The World of Je...
Boris Christoff
18 Aug 1979
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Plomley's castaway is opera singer Boris Christoff.Favourite track: Prendi I'Anel Ti Dono (from La Sonnambula) by Vincenzo Bellini Book: The Poetr...
Countess Elizabeth Longford
11 Aug 1979
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Plomley's castaway is historian Countess Elizabeth Longford.Favourite track: Air (from Water Music Suite) by Handel/Harty Book: Utopia by Thomas M...
Sir Ralph Richardson
04 Aug 1979
Contributed by Lukas
Besides choosing the eight records he would take to the mythical island, Sir Ralph Richardson talks to Roy Plomley about his early life in an insuranc...
Dame Moura Lympany
28 Jul 1979
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Plomley's castaway is pianist Dame Moura Lympany.Favourite track: Piano Concerto No. 1 in G Minor by Felix Mendelssohn Book: Book about growing fl...
Dick Clement & Ian La Frenais
21 Jul 1979
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Plomley's castaways are scriptwriters Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais.Favourite track: You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman by Aretha Franklin Bo...
C Northcote Parkinson
14 Jul 1979
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Roy Plomley's castaway is historian C Northcote Parkinson.Favourite track: The Old Hundredth by Coronation of HM Queen Elizabeth II Book: The History ...
Glen Tetley
07 Jul 1979
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Plomley's castaway is choreographer Glen Tetley.Favourite track: Laudamus Te by Claudio Monteverdi Book: Earthly Paradise by Colette Luxury: South...
Tito Gobbi
30 Jun 1979
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Plomley's castaway is baritone Tito Gobbi.Favourite track: La Montanara by Tito Gobbi Book: Flowers of the World by Leslie Greenwood Luxury: Bar o...
Ed McBain
23 Jun 1979
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Plomley's castaway is the writer Ed McBain.Favourite track: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor by Sergei Rachmaninov Book: Streets of Gold by Ed McBa...
Irene Thomas
16 Jun 1979
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Plomley's castaway is former Brain Of Britain and radio personality Irene Thomas.Favourite track: Soave Sia Il Vento by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Bo...
Ian Carmichael
09 Jun 1979
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Ian Carmichael.Favourite track: Adagio (from Spartacus) by Aram Khachaturian Book: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy Luxury...
Sir Robert Mayer
02 Jun 1979
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Plomley's castaway is patron of music Sir Robert Mayer.Favourite track: An Die Musik by Franz Schubert Book: His visitors' book Luxury: Grapes (se...
Jack Brymer
26 May 1979
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Plomley's castaway is clarinettist Jack Brymer.Favourite track: String Quintet No. 3 in G Minor by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: The collected wor...
Alec McCowen
19 May 1979
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Alec McCowen.Favourite track: Gypsy (Overture) by Broadway Orchestra Book: The Egoist by George Meredith Luxury: Paint...
Peter Blake
12 May 1979
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Plomley's castaway is artist Peter Blake.Favourite track: Molly Bloom's Soliloquy (from Ulysses) by James Joyce Book: Ulysses by James Joyce Luxur...
James Cameron
05 May 1979
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Plomley's castaway is journalist James Cameron.Favourite track: Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas Book: Tristram Shandy by Laurence Sterne Luxury: M...
Edward Fox
28 Apr 1979
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Edward Fox.Favourite track: Jesu Joy Of Man's Desiring by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Selection of novels by Evelyn Wa...
Patricia Highsmith
21 Apr 1979
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Patricia Highsmith.Favourite track: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor by Sergei Rachmaninov Book: Moby Dick by Herman M...
Sir Edmund Hillary
14 Apr 1979
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Plomley's castaway is mountaineer Sir Edmund Hillary.Favourite track: Blowin' In The Wind by Bob Dylan Book: The Lord of the Rings by J R R Tolkie...
Sir Adrian Boult
07 Apr 1979
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Sir Adrian Boult.Favourite track: Symphony No. 40 In G Minor by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: Pilgrim's Progress b...
Burl Ives
31 Mar 1979
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Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Burl Ives.Favourite track: Horn Concerto No. 4 In E Flat by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: I Ching Luxury: Whisky (Tobe...
Ray Reardon
24 Mar 1979
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Roy Plomley's castaway is snooker champion Ray Reardon.Favourite track: Symphony No. 5 In C Minor by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: Where Eagles Dare by A...
Ileana Cotrubas
17 Mar 1979
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Ileana Cotrubas.Favourite track: Dies Irae by Giuseppe Verdi Book: History of the whole world Luxury: Sistine Chapel...
David Attenborough
10 Mar 1979
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Plomley's castaway is zoologist David Attenborough.Favourite track: String Quintet In G Minor by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: Shifts and Expedien...
Lauren Bacall
03 Mar 1979
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Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Lauren Bacall.Favourite track: My Mistress' Eyes (Sonnet 130) by William Shakespeare Book: Collected Short Stories ...
Nana Mouskouri
24 Feb 1979
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Roy Plomley's castaway is singer Nana Mouskouri.Favourite track: Girl From The North Country by Bob Dylan Book: The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-...
Sir Arthur Bryant
20 Feb 1979
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Roy Plomley's castaway is historian Sir Arthur Bryant.Favourite track: The Magic Flute by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: The Life of Samuel Johnson by ...
Norris McWhirter
13 Feb 1979
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Plomley's castaway is Editor of the Guinness Book of Records Norris McWhirter.Favourite track: Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D Major by Edw...
Robert Stephens
03 Feb 1979
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Robert Stephens.Favourite track: Speak The Speech, I Pray You (from Hamlet) by William Shakespeare Book: The collected...
Benjamin Luxon
30 Jan 1979
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Roy Plomley's castaway is baritone Benjamin Luxon.Favourite track: Spem In Alium by Tallis Book: Collected stories by Idris Shah Luxury: A piano and m...
Elia Kazan
23 Jan 1979
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Roy Plomley's castaway is director Elia Kazan.Favourite track: String Quartet in A Minor by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: The Iliad by Homer Luxury: 20 t...
Allan Prior
16 Jan 1979
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Roy Plomley's castaway is novelist and scriptwriter Allan Prior.Favourite track: Never Been Kissed In The Same Place Twice by Maddy Prior Book: Treasu...
Robert Powell
09 Jan 1979
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Robert Powell.Favourite track: Symphony No. 5 In C Sharp Minor by Gustav Mahler Book: Modern English Usage by Henry W ...
Norman Parkinson
30 Dec 1978
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Plomley's castaway is photographer Norman Parkinson.Favourite track: La Vie En Rose by Grace Jones Book: The Unquiet Grave by Cyril Connolly Luxur...
Sir Robert Helpmann
23 Dec 1978
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Plomley's castaway is dancer Sir Robert Helpmann.Favourite track: Bailero by Victoria De Los Angeles Book: Volume on boat building for beginners L...
Dinsdale Landen
16 Dec 1978
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Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Dinsdale Landen.Favourite track: Sanctus by Gabriel Fauré Book: Great Expectations by Charles Dickens Luxury: Champag...
Barry John
09 Dec 1978
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Roy Plomley's castaway is rugby player Barry John.Favourite track: Myfanwy by Treorchy Male Voice Choir Book: Complete Penguin Sherlock Holmes by Sir ...
Vladimir Ashkenazy
02 Dec 1978
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Roy Plomley's castaway is pianist Vladimir Ashkenazy.Favourite track: Piano Concerto No. 27 In B Flat by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: Blank book and ...
Joan Fontaine
25 Nov 1978
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Joan Fontaine.Favourite track: Piano Concerto in A Minor by Edvard Grieg Book: Single-volume encyclopaedia Luxury: T...
David Bellamy
18 Nov 1978
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Roy Plomley's castaway is botanist David Bellamy.Favourite track: The Better Land by Clara Butt Book: The Lord of the Rings by J R R Tolkien Luxury: L...
Michael Crawford
11 Nov 1978
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Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Michael Crawford.Favourite track: Gloria by Les Troubadours Du Roi Baudouin Book: Self Sufficiency by John Seymour Lux...
John Wain
04 Nov 1978
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Roy Plomley's castaway is writer John Wain.Favourite track: Voi Che Sapete by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: Life of Johnson by James Boswell Luxury: C...
Jule Styne
28 Oct 1978
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Roy Plomley's castaway is composer Jule Styne.Favourite track: Piano Concerto No. 2 in D Minor by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: Black Beauty by Anna S...
Colin Wilson
21 Oct 1978
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Colin Wilson.Favourite track: String Quartet in F by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: Travels in the Arabian Desert by Char...
Noel Edmonds
14 Oct 1978
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Roy Plomley's castaway is DJ and TV presenter Noel Edmonds.Favourite track: Time In A Bottle by Jim Croce Book: Thesaurus by Roget Luxury: Motorway se...
Christopher Fry
07 Oct 1978
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Plomley's castaway is playwright Christopher Fry.Favourite track: Spring Symphony by Benjamin Britten Book: The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Lu...
Alec Clifton-Taylor
30 Sep 1978
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Plomley's castaway is architectural historian Alec Clifton-Taylor.Favourite track: Intermezzo In C Major by Johannes Brahms Book: Set of the Shell...
Alan Jay Lerner
23 Sep 1978
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Plomley's castaway is lyricist Alan Jay Lerner.Favourite track: Mack The Knife by Louis Armstrong and his All Stars Book: Huckleberry Finn by Mark...