Bing Crosby
Roy Plomley's castaway is singer Bing Crosby. Favourite track: South Rampart Street Parade by Bob Crosby and his Bobcats Book: Roget's Thesaurus by Roget Luxury: Guitar
Dec 29, 1975•21 min
Desert Island Discs: Archive 1971-1975
Guests are invited to choose the eight records they would take to a desert island
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Stanley Holloway
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
Oct 27, 1975•23 min
John Julius Norwich
Roy Plomley's castaway is producer John Julius Norwich. Favourite track: Mir Ist So Wunderbar by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon Luxury: Writing materials
Oct 20, 1975•24 min
C P Snow
Roy Plomley's castaway is writer C P Snow. Favourite track: Henry IV Part II (Act 3, Scene 2) by William Shakespeare Book: Russian grammar Luxury: Writing materials
Aug 02, 1975•25 min
Anthony Dowell
Roy Plomley's castaway is dancer Anthony Dowell. Favourite track: The Prince Of The Pagodas by Benjamin Britten Book: The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame Luxury: Radio receiver
Jul 28, 1975•23 min
Helen Bradley
Roy Plomley's castaway is painter Helen Bradley. Favourite track: Trois Gymnopédies by Satie Book: A great tome on the law Luxury: A soap that kills mosquitoes
Jul 05, 1975•26 min
John Arlott
Roy Plomley's castaway is cricket commentator John Arlott. Favourite track: Fern Hill by Dylan Thomas Book: Tristram Shandy by Laurence Sterne Luxury: Champagne
May 19, 1975•21 min
Ben Travers
Roy Plomley's castaway is farce writer Ben Travers. Favourite track: My Love Parade by Maurice Chevalier Book: The collected works by Robert Browning Luxury: Pipes and tobacco
May 10, 1975•26 min
Patricia Hayes
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
Apr 21, 1975•22 min
Sir John Betjeman
Roy Plomley's castaway is Poet Laureate Sir John Betjeman. Favourite track: Ombra Mai Fù by George Frideric Handel Book: The Golden Treasury by Francis Palgrave Luxury: Champagne
Apr 12, 1975•24 min
Emlyn Williams
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor and playwright Emlyn Williams. Favourite track: Elizabethan Serenade by Ron Goodwin and his Orchestra Book: Dictionary Luxury: Typewriter, pen, paper
Feb 15, 1975•26 min
Polly James
Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Polly James. Favourite track: Your Tiny Hand is Frozen (Che gelida manina) (from La Boheme) by Giacomo Puccini Book: Victoria RI by Countess Elizabeth Longford Luxury: Group photograph of friends
Oct 19, 1974•21 min
Richard Walker
Roy Plomley's castaway is angler Richard Walker. Favourite track: Nessun Dorma by Giacomo Puccini Book: Puck of Pook's Hill by Rudyard Kipling Luxury: Benvenuto Cellini's Golden Salt Cellar
Jul 06, 1974•23 min
Leslie Mitchell
Roy Plomley's castaway is broadcaster Leslie Mitchell. Favourite track: Summer Night On The River by Frederick Delius Book: Biography of Leonardo Da Vinci Luxury: Silver box containing a miniature singing bird
Jun 01, 1974•25 min
James Stewart
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor James Stewart. Favourite track: Dream by The Pied Pipers Book: Musical arrangements by Dave Brubeck Luxury: Piano
May 27, 1974•24 min
David Dimbleby
Roy Plomley's castaway is journalist and broadcaster David Dimbleby. Favourite track: Concerto in D Minor For Violin, Oboe and Strings by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: The Oxford English Dictionary Luxury: Havana cigars
Apr 29, 1974•22 min
Philip Hope-Wallace
Roy Plomley's castaway is critic Philip Hope-Wallace. Favourite track: Dies Irae and Salve Me by Giuseppe Verdi Book: Faust by Johann Wolfgang Goethe Luxury: Ivory chess set
Apr 01, 1974•22 min
Brian Johnston
Roy Plomley's castaway is broadcaster Brian Johnston. Favourite track: Double Damask by Cicely Courtneidge & Ivor McLaren Book: Funny Way to be a Hero by James Fisher Luxury: Automatic bowling machine & cricket balls
Mar 16, 1974•20 min
Eddie Waring
Roy Plomley's castaway is commentator Eddie Waring. Favourite track: The Twenty-Third Psalm by Glasgow Orpheus Choir Book: Bradshaw's Railway Timetable Luxury: Couch
Feb 25, 1974•19 min
Roy Fox
Roy Plomley's castaway is bandleader Roy Fox. Favourite track: Whispering by Roy Fox and his Orchestra Book: Volume of crossword puzzles Luxury: Radio receiver
Feb 16, 1974•24 min
Sir Terence Rattigan
Roy Plomley's castaway is playwright Sir Terence Rattigan. Favourite track: Forty Years On by Harrow School Boys Book: The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon Luxury: Dom Perignon Champagne
Jan 12, 1974•25 min
Dr Jacob Bronowski
Roy Plomley's castaway is scientist and broadcaster Dr Jacob Bronowski. Favourite track: Se Vuol Ballare by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: Volume on chess championship play Luxury: Antique chess set
Jan 05, 1974•25 min
John Mills
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor John Mills. Favourite track: Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D Major by Edward Elgar Book: Book on zoology Luxury: Piano
Dec 22, 1973•9 min
Arnold Ridley
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor and playwright Arnold Ridley. Favourite track: Tannhäuser (Overture) by Richard Wagner Book: Bradshaw's Railway Timetable Luxury: Wine-making kit
Nov 03, 1973•8 min
Edward Robey
Roy Plomley's castaway is barrister Edward Robey. Favourite track: Selig, Wie Die Sonne by Richard Wagner Book: Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians Luxury: German white wine
Oct 15, 1973•24 min
Bill Sowerbutts
Roy Plomley's castaway is horticulturalist Bill Sowerbutts. Favourite track: Les Francs Juges (Overture) by Hector Berlioz Book: English Dictionary Luxury: Tobacco seeds and a brewing vat
Sep 17, 1973•23 min
Joseph Cooper
Roy Plomley's castaway is pianist Joseph Cooper. Favourite track: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini by Sergei Rachmaninov Book: Come Hither by Walter de la Mare Luxury: Dummy piano keyboard
May 21, 1973•25 min
Denise Robins
Roy Plomley's castaway is romantic novelist Denise Robins. Favourite track: Die Walkure by Richard Wagner Book: Encyclopaedia Britannica Luxury: Family photograph
Jan 20, 1973•26 min
Beverly Sills
Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Beverly Sills. Favourite track: Salome by Richard Strauss Book: Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell Luxury: Telephone
Nov 18, 1972•27 min
Imogen Holst
Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor and musicologist Imogen Holst. Favourite track: Rondo by Henry Purcell Book: Reverend Francis Kilvert, Diary 1870-1879 by Rev Francis Kilvert Luxury: Spy-glass
Oct 30, 1972•28 min
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