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

  • John Lill

    24/10/1970 Duration: 06min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is concert pianist John Lill. Favourite track: Symphony No 9 by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: Modern chess openings Luxury: Piano

  • Sari Barabas

    17/10/1970 Duration: 04min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is singer Sari Barabas. Favourite track: The Singer's Aria (Der Rosenkavalier) by Richard Strauss Book: Works by Leo Slezak Luxury: Knitting needles and wool

  • Harry Carpenter

    26/09/1970 Duration: 05min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is commentator Harry Carpenter. Favourite track: Symphony No 9 by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: Encyclopaedia Britannica Luxury: Guitar

  • Helen Watts

    14/09/1970 Duration: 02min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is contralto Helen Watts. Favourite track: Betracht Meine Seel by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Illustrated book on gardening Luxury: Velasquez, The Maids of Honour, in the Prado

  • Ellen Pollock

    05/09/1970 Duration: 07min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Ellen Pollock. Favourite track: Symphony No. 3 in E Flat Major by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: The collected works by George Bernard Shaw Luxury: Painting by her husband of their son

  • Dick Emery

    29/08/1970 Duration: 10min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian Dick Emery. Favourite track: Love Was Young by Robert Goulet Book: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Luxury: Bed

  • Erich Leinsdorf

    15/08/1970 Duration: 10min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Erich Leinsdorf. Book: Faust by Johann Wolfgang Goethe Luxury: Insect repellent

  • Barbara Windsor

    13/06/1970 Duration: 09min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Barbara Windsor. Favourite track: Fings Ain't Wot They Used Ter Be by Billy Cotton, Rita Williams Singers Book: A History of Great Britain Luxury: Hair pieces

  • Keith Michell

    30/05/1970 Duration: 09min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Keith Michell. Favourite track: Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 In G Major by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: The I Ching Luxury: Painting materials

  • Graham Usher

    16/05/1970 Duration: 07min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is ballet dancer Graham Usher. Favourite track: Fly Me To The Moon by Bart Howard Book: Collected works by Beatrix Potter Luxury: The Nike Of Samothrace, in The Louvre

  • Gina Cigna

    02/05/1970 Duration: 07min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Gina Cigna. Favourite track: Symphony No 9 by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: Le Crime de Sylvestre Bonnard by Anatole France Luxury: Piano

  • Sheridan Russell

    04/04/1970 Duration: 10min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is cellist and medical worker Sheridan Russell. Favourite track: Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 In G Major by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Imitation of Christ by Thomas à Kempis Luxury: Cello

  • Richard Chamberlain

    14/03/1970 Duration: 08min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Richard Chamberlain. Favourite track: Winter (from The Four Seasons) by Antonio Vivaldi Book: The Oxford Book of English Verse Luxury: Painting materials

  • Dr Roy Strong

    07/03/1970 Duration: 05min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is director of the National Portrait Gallery Dr Roy Strong. Favourite track: Ellen Terry by Sybil Thorndike Book: Larousse Gastronomique by Prosper Montagné Luxury: Vermeer's 'View Of Delft'

  • Fyfe Robertson

    05/01/1970 Duration: 09min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is TV reporter Fyfe Robertson. Favourite track: Sound an Alarm by George Frideric Handel Book: General Semantics Luxury: Cello

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