Peter Blake
Roy Plomley's castaway is artist Peter Blake. Favourite track: Molly Bloom's Soliloquy (from Ulysses) by James Joyce Book: Ulysses by James Joyce Luxury: Cement and tools to build a folly
May 12, 1979•33 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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James Cameron
Roy Plomley's castaway is journalist James Cameron. Favourite track: Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas Book: Tristram Shandy by Laurence Sterne Luxury: Malt whisky
May 05, 1979•31 min
Edward Fox
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Edward Fox. Favourite track: Jesu Joy Of Man's Desiring by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Selection of novels by Evelyn Waugh Luxury: Limes toilet water by Floris
Apr 28, 1979•28 min
Patricia Highsmith
Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Patricia Highsmith. Favourite track: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor by Sergei Rachmaninov Book: Moby Dick by Herman Melville Luxury: Writing materials
Apr 21, 1979•31 min
Sir Edmund Hillary
Roy Plomley's castaway is mountaineer Sir Edmund Hillary. Favourite track: Blowin' In The Wind by Bob Dylan Book: The Lord of the Rings by J R R Tolkien Luxury: Painting he has of Kathmandu valley
Apr 14, 1979•32 min
Sir Adrian Boult
Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Sir Adrian Boult. Favourite track: Symphony No. 40 In G Minor by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan Luxury: Panama hats stuffed with barley sugar
Apr 07, 1979•32 min
Burl Ives
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Burl Ives. Favourite track: Horn Concerto No. 4 In E Flat by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: I Ching Luxury: Whisky (Tobermory)
Mar 31, 1979•37 min
Ray Reardon
Roy Plomley's castaway is snooker champion Ray Reardon. Favourite track: Symphony No. 5 In C Minor by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: Where Eagles Dare by Alistair MacLean Luxury: Golf clubs and balls
Mar 24, 1979•27 min
Ileana Cotrubas
Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Ileana Cotrubas. Favourite track: Dies Irae by Giuseppe Verdi Book: History of the whole world Luxury: Sistine Chapel in the Vatican
Mar 17, 1979•30 min
David Attenborough
Roy Plomley's castaway is zoologist David Attenborough. Favourite track: String Quintet In G Minor by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: Shifts and Expedients of Camp Life by William Barry Lord Luxury: Binoculars
Mar 10, 1979•31 min
Lauren Bacall
Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Lauren Bacall. Favourite track: My Mistress' Eyes (Sonnet 130) by William Shakespeare Book: Collected Short Stories by John Cheever Luxury: Sun tan lotion
Mar 03, 1979•28 min
Nana Mouskouri
Roy Plomley's castaway is singer Nana Mouskouri. Favourite track: Girl From The North Country by Bob Dylan Book: The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery Luxury: Telephone
Feb 24, 1979•33 min
Sir Arthur Bryant
Roy Plomley's castaway is historian Sir Arthur Bryant. Favourite track: The Magic Flute by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: The Life of Samuel Johnson by James Boswell Luxury: Painting of a little princess, by Velazquez
Feb 20, 1979•31 min
Norris McWhirter
Roy Plomley's castaway is Editor of the Guinness Book of Records Norris McWhirter. Favourite track: Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D Major by Edward Elgar Book: The National Dictionary of Biography Luxury: Roll of cloth
Feb 13, 1979•31 min
Robert Stephens
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Robert Stephens. Favourite track: Speak The Speech, I Pray You (from Hamlet) by William Shakespeare Book: The collected works by Raymond Chandler Luxury: Tobacco plant
Feb 03, 1979•32 min
Benjamin Luxon
Roy Plomley's castaway is baritone Benjamin Luxon. Favourite track: Spem In Alium by Tallis Book: Collected stories by Idris Shah Luxury: A piano and music
Jan 30, 1979•31 min
Elia Kazan
Roy Plomley's castaway is director Elia Kazan. Favourite track: String Quartet in A Minor by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: The Iliad by Homer Luxury: 20 tons of pine needles
Jan 23, 1979•28 min
Allan Prior
Roy Plomley's castaway is novelist and scriptwriter Allan Prior. Favourite track: Never Been Kissed In The Same Place Twice by Maddy Prior Book: Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson Luxury: Looking glass
Jan 16, 1979•27 min
Robert Powell
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Robert Powell. Favourite track: Symphony No. 5 In C Sharp Minor by Gustav Mahler Book: Modern English Usage by Henry W Fowler Luxury: Typewriter
Jan 09, 1979•30 min
Norman Parkinson
Roy Plomley's castaway is photographer Norman Parkinson. Favourite track: La Vie En Rose by Grace Jones Book: The Unquiet Grave by Cyril Connolly Luxury: Life-size bronze statue of an Ama-Indian woman
Dec 30, 1978•29 min
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