Desert Island Discs: Fragment Archive 1970-1986

  • Author: Vários
  • Narrator: Vários
  • Publisher: Podcast
  • Duration: 35:48:57
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Synopsis

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

Episodes

  • Group Captain Peter Townsend

    25/11/1972 Duration: 09min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is writer and explorer Group Captain Peter Townsend. Favourite track: L'Ame Des Poètes by Charles Trenet Book: Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe Luxury: Seeds

  • Jackie Charlton

    21/10/1972 Duration: 10min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is footballer Jackie Charlton. Favourite track: Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D Major by Edward Elgar Book: Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain Luxury: Spy-glass

  • Christopher Gable

    14/10/1972 Duration: 09min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Christopher Gable. Favourite track: Abschied by Gustav Mahler Book: The Lord of the Rings by J R R Tolkien Luxury: Still

  • Michael Aspel

    07/10/1972 Duration: 06min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is broadcaster Michael Aspel. Favourite track: Ma Mere L'Oye by Maurice Ravel Book: History of the World Luxury: Piano

  • Jimmy Tarbuck

    26/08/1972 Duration: 08min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian Jimmy Tarbuck. Favourite track: The Girls I Like by Max Miller Book: Encyclopaedia Britannica Luxury: Golf clubs and balls

  • Professor Barry Cunliffe

    19/08/1972 Duration: 12min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is archaeologist Professor Barry Cunliffe. Favourite track: Clarinet Quintet In A Major by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: Book on plant genetics Luxury: Still

  • Marcel Marceau

    22/07/1972 Duration: 01min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is mime artist Marcel Marceau. Favourite track: Dies Irae by Giuseppe Verdi Luxury: Painting materials

  • Joe Henderson

    15/07/1972 Duration: 07min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is pianist Joe Henderson. Favourite track: A Shropshire Lad by George Butterworth Book: The Story of Mankind by Hendrik van Loon Luxury: Radio receiver

  • Charles Groves

    03/07/1972 Duration: 18min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Charles Groves. Favourite track: Siegmund's Spring Song by Richard Wagner Book: Anthology of English Verse Luxury: Cigars

  • Jean Plaidy

    24/06/1972 Duration: 10min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is historian Jean Plaidy. Favourite track: Symphony No. 5 In A Minor by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: Dictionary of National Biography Luxury: Typewriter, paper and a hostess gown

  • Judi Dench

    17/06/1972 Duration: 02min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Judi Dench. Favourite track: Cello Concerto in E Minor by Edward Elgar Book: The Book of Kells Luxury: Basil Brush films and projector

  • Professor Francis Camps

    10/06/1972 Duration: 07min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is professor of forensic medicine Francis Camps. Favourite track: Rhapsody in Blue by Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra Book: The Oxford English Dictionary Luxury: Tape recorder

  • Tony Bennett

    27/05/1972 Duration: 08min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is singer Tony Bennett. Favourite track: Song Of The Islands by Louis Armstrong and his All Stars Book: The complete works by Leonardo da Vinci Luxury: Painting materials

  • Geoffrey Parsons

    20/05/1972 Duration: 09min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is pianist Geoffrey Parsons. Favourite track: The Farewell Of The Angel by Edward Elgar Book: The Lord of the Rings by J R R Tolkien Luxury: Crystal rock specimens

  • Joan Bakewell

    15/05/1972 Duration: 20min

    Plomley's castaway is broadcaster Joan Bakewell. Favourite track: Mefistofele (Prologue) by Nicola Moscona & Robert Shaw Book: The collected works by James Joyce Luxury: Yellow Lamborghini

  • Elizabeth Jane Howard

    29/04/1972 Duration: 09min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Elizabeth Jane Howard. Favourite track: Toccata and Fugue In D Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Encyclopaedia Luxury: Writing materials

  • Wendy Hiller

    15/04/1972 Duration: 09min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Wendy Hiller. Favourite track: When In Disgrace With Fortune by William Shakespeare Book: The Diary of a Country Parson 1758-1802 by James Woodforde Luxury: Cookham Resurrection by Sir Stanley Spencer

  • Sir Geoffrey Jackson

    10/04/1972 Duration: 26min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is diplomat Sir Geoffrey Jackson. Favourite track: Gloria by Los Fronterizos Book: The Lord of the Rings by J R R Tolkien Luxury: Spanish guitar

  • John Noakes

    01/04/1972 Duration: 10min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is Blue Peter presenter John Noakes. Favourite track: Who Can I Turn To? by Shirley Bassey Book: The Corn is Green by Emlyn Williams Luxury: 12th-century candlestick in Victoria & Albert Museum

  • Robertson Hare

    25/03/1972 Duration: 09min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Robertson Hare. Favourite track: John Brown's Body by Paul Robertson Book: Yours Indubitably by Robertson Hare Luxury: Scotch Whisky

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