Jessye Norman
Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Jessye Norman. Favourite track: Love Duet by Richard Wagner Book: Diaries by Virginia Woolf Luxury: Perrier Water
Sep 12, 1981•34 min
Desert Island Discs
Eight tracks, a book and a luxury: what would you take to a desert island? Guests share the soundtrack of their lives.
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Alan Jones
Roy Plomley's castaway is racing driver Alan Jones. Favourite track: Reminiscing by Little River Band Book: Eagle in the Sky by Wilbur Smith Luxury: Australian lager
Sep 05, 1981•33 min
Frank Oz
Roy Plomley's castaway is puppeteer Frank Oz. Favourite track: Don't Get Around Much Anymore by Mose Allison Book: The complete works by Emily Dickinson Luxury: Clean sheets
Aug 29, 1981•36 min
Paul Eddington
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Paul Eddington. Favourite track: St Matthew Passion No 45-46 by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Experiences of an Irish RM by Martin Ross Luxury: Ivon Hitchens, Boathouse at Dawn
Aug 22, 1981•37 min
Sebastian Coe
Roy Plomley's castaway is world champion athlete Sebastian Coe. Favourite track: A Foggy Day by Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armsrtong Book: The Penguin Dorothy Parker by Dorothy Parker Luxury: Bed
Aug 15, 1981•33 min
Terry Hands
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
Julian Lloyd Webber
Roy Plomley's castaway is cellist Julian Lloyd Webber. Favourite track: Cello Concerto in E Minor by Edward Elgar Book: History of Orient Football Club Luxury: Cello
Aug 01, 1981•34 min
Roger Moore
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Roger Moore. Favourite track: New York, New York by Frank Sinatra Book: Nobel House by James Clavell Luxury: Video player and films of family
Jul 25, 1981•36 min
Carl Sagan
Roy Plomley's castaway is astronomer Carl Sagan. Favourite track: Partita No. 3 in E by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Boy Scout hand book Luxury: Reflecting telescope
Jul 18, 1981•39 min
Gillian Lynne
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
Gloria Swanson
Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Gloria Swanson. Favourite track: Un Bel Di Vedremo by Giacomo Puccini Book: The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran Luxury: Telephone
Jul 04, 1981•35 min
Morris West
Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Morris West. Favourite track: Sinfonia Concertante In E Flat Major by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: Meditations Upon Our Human Condition by John Donne Luxury: Pencils and paper
Jun 27, 1981•33 min
Giuseppe Di Stefano
Roy Plomley's castaway is tenor Giuseppe Di Stefano. Favourite track: Qui La Voce Sua Soave by Vincenzo Bellini Book: Maria by Arianna Stassinopoulos Luxury: Roulette table
Jun 20, 1981•35 min
Richard Leakey
Roy Plomley's castaway is anthropologist Richard Leakey. Favourite track: Solo Whale by Frank Watlington Book: Touch The Earth by T C McLuhan Luxury: Pillow
Jun 13, 1981•36 min
Rt Hon William Whitelaw
Roy Plomley's castaway is Home Secretary The Rt Hon William Whitelaw. Favourite track: White Christmas by Bing Crosby Book: The World That Fred Made by Bernard Darwin Luxury: Bath with a hot water system
Jun 06, 1981•36 min
Eric Shilling
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
Edmund Rubbra
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
Sir John Gielgud
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Sir John Gielgud. Favourite track: Double Concerto in D Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu by Marcel Proust
May 16, 1981•41 min
Buddy Rich
Roy Plomley's castaway is bandleader and drummer Buddy Rich. Favourite track: The Girl On The Rock by Ralph Brewster Singers Book: The Story of O by Pauline Reage Luxury: Ferrari
May 09, 1981•32 min
Sir Frederick Ashton
Roy Plomley's castaway is choreographer Sir Frederick Ashton. Favourite track: Piano Concerto No. 21 in C by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu by Marcel Proust Luxury: Cards
May 02, 1981•35 min
Stewart Granger
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Stewart Granger. Favourite track: Piano Concerto No. 5 In E Flat Major by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: Collected works by Ernest Hemingway Luxury: Gold statuette of Sir Winston Churchill
Apr 25, 1981•44 min
Princess Grace of Monaco
Roy Plomley's castaway is Princess Grace Of Monaco. Favourite track: Berceuse In D Flat by Frédéric Chopin Book: Plays by George Kelly Luxury: Pillow
Apr 18, 1981•31 min
Sir Fitzroy MacLean
Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Sir Fitzroy MacLean. Favourite track: Piano Concerto No. 5 In E Flat Major by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy Luxury: Writing materials
Apr 11, 1981•36 min
Patricia Ruanne
Roy Plomley's castaway is ballerina Patricia Ruanne. Favourite track: Romeo and Juliet Ballet Suite by Sergei Prokofiev Book: The Lord of the Rings by J R R Tolkien Luxury: Sunglasses
Mar 28, 1981•36 min
Russell Harty
Roy Plomley's castaway is broadcaster Russell Harty. Favourite track: In The Bleak Midwinter by King's College Chapel Choir Book: A History of Craven by E T Whittaker Luxury: Flagpole and Union Jack
Mar 21, 1981•34 min
Peter Nichols
Roy Plomley's castaway is playwright Peter Nichols. Favourite track: He Trusted In God by George Frideric Handel Book: Collected essays by George Orwell Luxury: Vibraphone
Mar 14, 1981•34 min
Daniel Massey
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Daniel Massey. Favourite track: Violin Concerto in D by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: Ego by James Agate Luxury: Wine
Mar 07, 1981•34 min
Carla Lane
Roy Plomley's castaway is writer and comedian Carla Lane. Favourite track: Violin Concerto in D by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Book: Dictionary of quotations Luxury: French Shampoo
Feb 28, 1981•42 min
Frederic Raphael
Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Frederic Raphael. Favourite track: Cello Concerto in B Minor by Antonin Dvořák Book: Bilingual edition of poetry by Giorgos Seferis Luxury: Painting Materials
Feb 21, 1981•35 min
David Broome
Roy Plomley's castaway is show jumper David Broome. Favourite track: Hymns and Arias by Max Boyce Book: Collected Speeches by Sir Winston Churchill Luxury: Wine
Feb 14, 1981•31 min
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