Desert Island Discs
Episodes
Cathy Berberian
16 Sep 1978
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Cathy Berberian.Favourite track: Sinfonia by Swingle Sisters Book: Survival manual Luxury: Box of spices
Tennessee Williams
09 Sep 1978
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Plomley's castaway is playwright Tennessee Williams.Favourite track: Danny Boy by Harry Belafonte Book: Poetry by Hart Crane Luxury: Typewriter an...
Gian Carlo Menotti
02 Sep 1978
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Plomley's castaway is composer Gian Carlo Menotti.Book: Book on philosophy by Emmanuel Kant Luxury: Tarot cards
Rt Hon. Denis Healey
26 Aug 1978
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Plomley's castaway is Chancellor of the Exchequer Denis Healey.Favourite track: Soave Sia Il Vento by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: Poetry by W B ...
Fred Trueman
19 Aug 1978
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Plomley's castaway is cricketer Fred Trueman.Favourite track: Symphony No. 9 In E Minor by Antonin Dvořák Book: Memoirs by Harold Macmillan Luxu...
Janet Suzman
12 Aug 1978
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Janet Suzman.Favourite track: Porgi Amor by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Luxury: Mink-lined hammock
Simon Rattle
05 Aug 1978
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Simon Rattle.Favourite track: String Quartet in B Flat by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: The I Ching Luxury: German wh...
Barbara Pym
29 Jul 1978
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Barbara Pym.Favourite track: In The Bleak Midwinter by King's College Chapel Choir Book: The Golden Bowl by Henry Jam...
Patricia Batty Shaw
22 Jul 1978
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Plomley's castaway is Chairwoman of the WI Patricia Batty Shaw.Favourite track: Finlandia by Jean Sibelius Book: Civilisation by Kenneth Clarke Lu...
Rita Streich
15 Jul 1978
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Rita Streich.Favourite track: Symphony No. 36 In C Major by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: The Nonsense of Dying by M...
Jane Grigson
08 Jul 1978
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Plomley's castaway is cookery expert Jane Grigson.Favourite track: Hollowed Stone by Geoffrey Grigson Book: Notes from an Odd Country by Geoffrey ...