Desert Island Discs
Episodes
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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...
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 ...