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

  • June Whitfield

    18/08/1973 Duration: 09min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is comedy actress June Whitfield. Favourite track: Well Did You Evah? by Frank Sinatra & Bing Crosby Book: Do-it-yourself manual Luxury: Tape recorder

  • Colin Welland

    04/08/1973 Duration: 04min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is actor and playwright Colin Welland. Favourite track: Londonderry Air by Philharmonia Orchestra Book: The Oxford English Dictionary Luxury: Bed

  • Ruskin Spear RA

    28/07/1973 Duration: 04min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is painter Ruskin Spear RA. Favourite track: Fantasia and Fugue In G Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Ends and Means by Aldous Huxley Luxury: Radio receiver

  • Brenda Bruce

    30/06/1973 Duration: 06min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Brenda Bruce. Favourite track: Florida Suite by Frederick Delius Book: Bhagavad-Gita by Christopher Isherwood Luxury: Writing materials

  • Joe Bugner

    09/06/1973 Duration: 12min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is heavyweight boxer Joe Bugner. Favourite track: Where's The Girl? by Walker Brothers Book: Papillon by Henri Charrière Luxury: Chess set

  • John Huston

    12/05/1973 Duration: 10min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is director John Huston. Favourite track: Shenandoah by Salli Terri Book: Dialogues by Plato Luxury: Havana cigars

  • Norman Thelwell

    05/05/1973 Duration: 09min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is cartoonist Norman Thelwell. Favourite track: Nocturne in F Sharp by Frédéric Chopin Book: Swiss Family Robinson by Johann Wyss Luxury: Painting materials

  • Edith Coates

    28/04/1973 Duration: 05min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is mezzo-soprano Edith Coates. Favourite track: Liebestod by Richard Wagner Book: Novels by Jean Plaidy Luxury: Brandy

  • Chris Bonington

    21/04/1973 Duration: 10min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is mountaineer Chris Bonington. Favourite track: Harp Concerto in B Flat by George Frideric Handel Book: Marlborough: His Life and Times by Sir Winston Churchill Luxury: Radio receiver

  • Harry Loman

    14/04/1973 Duration: 10min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is stage-door keeper Harry Loman. Favourite track: Thanks for the Memory by Shirley Ross & Bob Hope Book: A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens Luxury: Cards

  • Florence De Jong

    07/04/1973 Duration: 08min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is organist Florence De Jong. Favourite track: The Good Old, Bad Old Days by Anthony Newley Book: Book of cartoons by Carl Giles Luxury: Accordian

  • Christopher Serpell

    31/03/1973 Duration: 10min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is BBC diplomatic correspondent Christopher Serpell. Favourite track: Prelude and Fugue No. 17 In A Flat by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Diary by Samuel Pepys Luxury: Equipment for wine-making and brewing

  • Alexander Gibson

    03/03/1973 Duration: 07min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Alexander Gibson. Favourite track: Liebestod by Richard Wagner Book: Complete Opera Book by Gustave Kobbe Luxury: Piano

  • Leslie Thomas

    24/02/1973 Duration: 09min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Leslie Thomas. Favourite track: Horn Concerto No. 1 in D Major by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: The Virgin Soldiers by Leslie Thomas Luxury: Sand iron and golf balls

  • Rita Hunter

    10/02/1973 Duration: 09min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Rita Hunter. Favourite track: Ingemisco by Giuseppe Verdi Book: Anthology of Poetry Luxury: Oil-painting equipment

  • Anthony Smith

    03/02/1973 Duration: 11min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is writer and explorer Anthony Smith. Favourite track: Iranian Love Song Book: Atlas Luxury: Sketching materials

  • Mike Yarwood

    13/01/1973 Duration: 08min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is impersonator Mike Yarwood. Favourite track: Pomp and Circumstance March No 1 in D Major by Edward Elgar Book: Volume of colour reproductions of paintings Luxury: Daily newspaper

  • Tony Britton

    06/01/1973 Duration: 08min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Tony Britton. Favourite track: Symphony No. 39 In E Flat Major by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: Language courses Luxury: Scotch and Champagne

  • Noel Rawsthorne

    30/12/1972 Duration: 09min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is organist Noel Rawsthorne. Favourite track: Osanna In Excelsis by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Survival manual Luxury: Harpsichord

  • Adelaide Hall

    02/12/1972 Duration: 06min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is jazz singer and actress Adelaide Hall. Favourite track: The Lord's Prayer by Mahilia Jackson Book: History of the United States Luxury: Crochet needles and wool

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