Julian Bream first played the guitar on radio in Children's Hour when he was only 13. This led to guest appearances in a series on the Light Programme, and so his career took off. Before long he also took up the lute and played his part in the revival of interest in early music. In conversation with Roy Plomley, he talks about his long career and chooses the eight records he would take to the mythical island. [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island D...
Jul 09, 1983•33 min
Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Rosamond Lehmann. Favourite track: Nunc Dimittis by Burgon Book: Letters by Marquise de Sevigne Luxury: Writing Materials
Nov 13, 1982•29 min
Roy Plomley's castaways are members of the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Book: Books by Hector Berlioz, Charles Dickens, Hugh Johnson and a cookery book Luxury: Razor and shaving soap, a video player with a tape of Laurel & Hardy, wine and a violin
Oct 09, 1982•31 min
Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Helene Hanff. Favourite track: In Tears Of Grief by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Memoirs by Louis De Rouvroy Luxury: Scrabble
Dec 19, 1981•33 min
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Alan Howard. Favourite track: Symphony No. 15 In D by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: Piano manual Luxury: Piano
Dec 05, 1981•29 min
Roy Plomley's castaway is novelist James Clavell. Favourite track: The Impossible Dream by Roberta Flack Book: The Koran
Nov 14, 1981•34 min
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Joseph Cotten. Favourite track: Symphony No. 1 in C Minor by Johannes Brahms Book: Gardening manual Luxury: Boat building book
Oct 30, 1981•33 min
Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Elspeth Huxley. Favourite track: Piano Concerto in A Minor by Edvard Grieg Book: Novels by P G Wodehouse Luxury: Camera and film
Oct 17, 1981•28 min
Roy Plomley's castaway is producer Terry Hands. Favourite track: String Quartet in C by Franz Joseph Haydn Book: Dictionary Luxury: Cello
Aug 08, 1981•30 min
Roy Plomley's castaway is director Gillian Lynne. Favourite track: Concerto For Double String Orchestra by Michael Tippett Book: French language course Luxury: Eyelash curlers
Jul 11, 1981•32 min
Roy Plomley's castaway is bass singer Eric Shilling. Favourite track: Deh Vieni Non Tardar by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: Collin's Albatross Book of Verse by Louis Untermeyer Luxury: Astronomical telescope
May 30, 1981•34 min
Roy Plomley's castaway is composer Edmund Rubbra. Favourite track: Symphony No .9 In C by Franz Schubert Book: Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne Luxury: Music manuscript paper
May 23, 1981•35 min
Roy Plomley's castaway is boxer Alan Minter. Favourite track: My Way by Frank Sinatra Book: Survival manual Luxury: Solar-powered transistor radio
Nov 29, 1980•30 min
Roy Plomley's castaway is archaeologist Jacquetta Hawkes. Favourite track: Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in A Major by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: Collected works by Johann Wolfgang Goethe Luxury: Wine
Nov 15, 1980•30 min
Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Antal Dorati. Favourite track: Rondo Capriccioso by Felix Mendelssohn Book: The Golden Man by Yokoi Luxury: Italian landscape drawing from his collection
Sep 13, 1980•26 min
Roy Plomley's castaway is World Champion decathlete Daley Thompson. Favourite track: Unchained Melody by George Benson Book: Novels by John Wyndham Luxury: Guitar and instruction book
Jul 19, 1980•20 min
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Freddie Jones. Book: The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame Luxury: Liebig condenser for distilling gin
Jun 07, 1980•34 min
Roy Plomley's castaway is tenor Robert Tear. Favourite track: Concerto For Double String Orchestra by Michael Tippett Book: The Wisdom of Insecurity by Alan Watts Luxury: Postcards of paintings with poems on the back
May 31, 1980•23 min
Roy Plomley's castaway is violinist Salvatore Accardo. Favourite track: Che Faro Senza Euridice by Christoph Willibald Ritter von Gluck Book: The Odyssey by Homer Luxury: Violin and strings
Apr 26, 1980•32 min
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Donald Pleasence. Favourite track: Dies Irae by Giuseppe Verdi Book: The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky and Crime & Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky Luxury: Writing materials
Mar 29, 1980•28 min
Roy Plomley's castaway is horticulturalist Frances Perry. Favourite track: Stars and Stripes Forever by Royal Military School Of Music Band and Trumpeters Book: Survival manual Luxury: Lamp with solar batteries
Mar 22, 1980•28 min
Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Susannah York. Favourite track: Concerto in D Minor For Violin, Oboe and String Orchestra by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Italian Touring Atlas of the World Luxury: Pencils and paper
Mar 01, 1980•25 min
Roy Plomley's castaway is violinist Kyung-Wha Chung. Favourite track: Cello Suite No. 5 In C Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse Luxury: Mixed flower seeds
Dec 29, 1979•30 min
Roy Plomley's castaway is poet and broadcaster Pam Ayres. Favourite track: The New St George by John & Chris Leslie Book: The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth Luxury: Large basket of sugared almonds
Sep 29, 1979•29 min
Roy Plomley's castaway is thriller writer Ted Allbeury. Favourite track: Love Is The Sweetest Thing by Al Bowlly, Ray Noble and his Orchestra Book: The Unquiet Grave by Cyril Connolly Luxury: Writing paper and pencils
Sep 22, 1979•24 min
Roy Plomley's castaway is writer and critic Richard Buckle. Favourite track: Piano Quintet In A Major by Franz Schubert Book: Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy Luxury: Paper and pencils
Sep 15, 1979•25 min
Roy Plomley's castaway is Chairwoman of the WI Patricia Batty Shaw. Favourite track: Finlandia by Jean Sibelius Book: Civilisation by Kenneth Clarke Luxury: Selection of herbs
Jul 22, 1978•25 min
Roy Plomley's castaway is naturalist Phil Drabble. Favourite track: Recording Of The Song Of The Blackbird Book: Shorthand instruction book with paper and pens Luxury: Set of bird-ringing tools, including rings
Dec 10, 1977•22 min
Roy Plomley's castaway is composer Tolchard Evans. Favourite track: Lady Of Spain by Capital Symphony Book: Candide by Voltaire Luxury: Manuscript paper and pens
Aug 30, 1976•23 min
Roy Plomley's castaway is baritone Sherrill Milnes. Favourite track: Symphony No 9 by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: Twenty-Five Years of New Yorker Cartoons Luxury: Herrings in sour cream
Jan 10, 1976•18 min
