Desert Island Discs: Fragment Archive 1970-1986

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Synopsis

Guests are invited to choose the eight records they would take to a desert island

Episodes

  • Frances Perry

    22/03/1980 Duration: 28min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is horticulturalist Frances Perry. Favourite track: Stars and Stripes Forever by Royal Military School Of Music Band and Trumpeters Book: Survival manual Luxury: Lamp with solar batteries

  • Susannah York

    01/03/1980 Duration: 25min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Susannah York. Favourite track: Concerto in D Minor For Violin, Oboe and String Orchestra by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Italian Touring Atlas of the World Luxury: Pencils and paper

  • Kyung-Wha Chung

    29/12/1979 Duration: 30min

    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 Hesse Luxury: Mixed flower seeds

  • Pam Ayres

    29/09/1979 Duration: 29min

    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 Frederick Forsyth Luxury: Large basket of sugared almonds

  • Ted Allbeury

    22/09/1979 Duration: 23min

    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 Unquiet Grave by Cyril Connolly Luxury: Writing paper and pencils

  • Richard Buckle

    15/09/1979 Duration: 24min

    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 by Thomas Hardy Luxury: Paper and pencils

  • Patricia Batty Shaw

    22/07/1978 Duration: 24min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is Chairwoman of the WI Patricia Batty Shaw. Favourite track: Finlandia by Jean Sibelius Book: Civilisation by Kenneth Clarke Luxury: Selection of herbs

  • Phil Drabble

    10/12/1977 Duration: 22min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is naturalist Phil Drabble. Favourite track: Recording Of The Song Of The Blackbird Book: Shorthand instruction book with paper and pens Luxury: Set of bird-ringing tools, including rings

  • Tolchard Evans

    30/08/1976 Duration: 23min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is composer Tolchard Evans. Favourite track: Lady Of Spain by Capital Symphony Book: Candide by Voltaire Luxury: Manuscript paper and pens

  • Sherrill Milnes

    10/01/1976 Duration: 17min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is baritone Sherrill Milnes. Favourite track: Symphony No 9 by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: Twenty-Five Years of New Yorker Cartoons Luxury: Herrings in sour cream

  • Julia Foster

    03/01/1976 Duration: 16min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Julia Foster. Favourite track: And So I Love You by Bobby Goldsboro Book: Dictionary of Quotations Luxury: Tapestry-making kit

  • Margaret Price

    13/12/1975 Duration: 06min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Margaret Price. Favourite track: Liebestod by Richard Wagner Book: Pacific Cookbook by Victor Sperandeo Luxury: Perfume

  • Ron Moody

    29/11/1975 Duration: 08min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is actor and comedian Ron Moody. Favourite track: Sparky's Magic Piano by Henry Blair & Verne Smith Book: A History of Western Philosophy by Bertrand Russell Luxury: Oil painting

  • Vince Hill

    15/11/1975 Duration: 08min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is musician Vince Hill. Favourite track: Fountains Of Rome by Respighi Book: Do-it-yourself manual Luxury: Turner's Seascape

  • Stanley Holloway

    27/10/1975 Duration: 22min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is actor and musician Stanley Holloway. Favourite track: And This Is My Beloved by Doretta Morrow Book: A book on the musical plays of the last century Luxury: Manicure and pedicure set

  • Doris Hare

    11/10/1975 Duration: 10min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Doris Hare. Favourite track: Fantasia On Greensleeves by Ralph Vaughan Williams Book: Dictionary of Quotations Luxury: Piano

  • Robert Robinson

    18/08/1975 Duration: 06min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is broadcaster Robert Robinson. Favourite track: Anna Livia Plurabelle by James Joyce Book: The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens Luxury: White Burgundy

  • Dave Allen

    12/07/1975 Duration: 10min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian Dave Allen. Favourite track: Canon In D by Johann Pachelbel Book: Ballard of Reading Gaol by Oscar Wilde Luxury: Painting by Van Hook

  • Patricia Hayes

    21/04/1975 Duration: 22min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Patricia Hayes. Favourite track: Nocturne No. 8 In D Flat (Opus 72) by Frédéric Chopin Book: Kristin Lauransdatter by Sigrid Undset Luxury: Four-poster bed

  • Duncan Grant

    15/03/1975 Duration: 11min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is painter Duncan Grant. Favourite track: L'Incoronazione Di Poppea by Claudio Monteverdi Book: The collected works by Jane Austen Luxury: Artists' materials

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