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

  • Richard Gordon

    14/08/1971 Duration: 04min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Richard Gordon. Favourite track: A Small Town In Germany by Jock Strapp Ensemble Book: The Michelin Guide to France Luxury: Pin

  • Lorin Maazel

    31/07/1971 Duration: 10min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Lorin Maazel. Favourite track: Quartet No. 14 In D Minor by Franz Schubert Book: The collected works by Epictetus Luxury: Chess set with a problem book

  • Laurence Whistler

    10/07/1971 Duration: 07min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is glass engraver and poet Laurence Whistler. Favourite track: Piano Concerto No. 20 In D Minor by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: Come Hither by Walter de la Mare Luxury: Magnifying glass

  • Michael Crawford

    05/07/1971 Duration: 28min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Michael Crawford. Favourite track: Singin' In The Rain by Gene Kelly Book: A Book of Beauty by John Hadfield Luxury: Cherry tree

  • Maurice Woodruff

    26/06/1971 Duration: 02min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is clairvoyant Maurice Woodruff. Favourite track: Psalm 91 by Laurence Olivier Book: The Golden Treasury by Francis Palgrave Luxury: Writing materials

  • Clive Dunn

    19/06/1971 Duration: 08min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Clive Dunn. Favourite track: Little Green Apples by Dionne Warwick Book: Encyclopaedia Luxury: Soap

  • Ronnie Corbett

    31/05/1971 Duration: 21min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian Ronnie Corbett. Favourite track: I Know That My Redeemer Liveth by George Frideric Handel Book: Handbook on tropical vegetation Luxury: Golf clubs and balls

  • Joyce Grenfell

    22/05/1971 Duration: 10min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is actress and comedian Joyce Grenfell. Favourite track: Brandenburg Concerto No 6 In B Flat Major by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Science and Health, with a Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy Luxury: Writing materials

  • Reginald Foort

    10/05/1971 Duration: 26min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is organist Reginald Foort. Favourite track: Lullaby Of Broadway by Joe Loss and his Orchestra Book: Back numbers of the Reader's Digest Luxury: Organ

  • Geoff Boycott

    12/04/1971 Duration: 19min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is cricketer Geoff Boycott. Favourite track: My Way by Frank Sinatra Book: Set of Wisden Luxury: Telephone line to a sports newspaper

  • Clodagh Rodgers

    27/03/1971 Duration: 07min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is pop singer Clodagh Rodgers. Favourite track: Watching and Waiting by The Moody Blues Book: The Godfather by Mario Puzo Luxury: Prawn cocktails

  • Sir Louis Gluckstein

    20/03/1971 Duration: 06min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is president of Royal Albert Hall Sir Louis Gluckstein. Favourite track: Double Concerto in D Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Luxury: Four-poster bed

  • Patrick Cargill

    13/03/1971 Duration: 11min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Patrick Cargill. Favourite track: We'll Meet Again by The Inkspots Book: The Spotlight Casting Directory Luxury: His Bentley car

  • Ludovic Kennedy

    06/03/1971 Duration: 09min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is broadcaster Ludovic Kennedy. Favourite track: Giselle by London Symphony Orchestra Book: Poems by John Donne and Poems by George Herbert Luxury: Tartar sauce

  • Wendy Craig

    20/02/1971 Duration: 09min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Wendy Craig. Favourite track: Oboe Concerto in C by Cimarosa/Benjamin Book: The complete works by Oscar Wilde Luxury: Toothbrushes

  • Harvey Smith

    13/02/1971 Duration: 06min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is showjumper Harvey Smith. Favourite track: Lara's Theme by Jarre Book: A selection to sample Luxury: Radio receiver

  • Laurie Lee

    01/02/1971 Duration: 04min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is poet and writer Laurie Lee. Favourite track: String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: The Atlantic Book of British and American Poetry by Edith Sitwell Luxury: Materials for making wine or beer

  • Madame (Lilian) Stiles-Allen

    23/01/1971 Duration: 06min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Madame (Lilian) Stiles-Allen. Favourite track: Liebestod by Richard Wagner Book: The Science of Mind by Ernest Holmes Luxury: Piano

  • Robert Bolt

    16/01/1971 Duration: 11min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is playwright Robert Bolt. Favourite track: Clarinet Quintet In A Major by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: Novels by P G Wodehouse Luxury: Writing materials

  • James Fitton

    09/01/1971 Duration: 12min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is painter James Fitton. Favourite track: Thou That Sitteth At The Right Hand Of God The Father by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Encyclopaedia Luxury: Painting materials

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