Desert Island Discs
BBC Radio 4
Eight tracks, a book and a luxury: what would you take to a desert island? Guests share the soundtrack of their lives.
Episodes
Mentioned books
May 21, 1983 • 42min
Terry Wogan
Roy Plomley's castaway is broadcaster Terry Wogan.Favourite track: The Young Prince and The Young Princess by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Book: His favourite book by P G Wodehouse
Luxury: Vodka
May 14, 1983 • 39min
Sir Alan King-Hamilton
Roy Plomley's castaway is retired Old Bailey Judge Sir Alan King-Hamilton.Favourite track: Symphony No. 5 In C Minor by Ludwig van Beethoven
Book: Barclays World of Cricket by Jim Swanton
Luxury: Television set
May 7, 1983 • 41min
Arthur English
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor and comedian Arthur English.Favourite track: 1812 Overture by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Book: Britain's Heritage by John Julius Norwich
Luxury: Weekend in Paris
Apr 30, 1983 • 37min
A N Wilson
Roy Plomley's castaway is writer A N Wilson.Favourite track: Profisciere Anima Christiana by Edward Elgar
Book: The Golden Treasury by Francis Palgrave
Luxury: Bed and blankets
Apr 23, 1983 • 40min
Max Boyce
Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian and musician Max Boyce.Favourite track: The First Time by MacColl
Book: I Can't Stay Long by Laurie Lee
Luxury: Oil painting equipment
Apr 16, 1983 • 40min
Geoffrey Moorhouse
Roy Plomley's castaway is writer and journalist Geoffrey Moorhouse.Favourite track: Notte E Giorno Faticar (Don Giovanni) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Book: Dictionary of National Biography
Luxury: Recording of curlews and Indian spices
Apr 9, 1983 • 41min
Ruggiero Ricci
Roy Plomley's castaway is violinist Ruggiero Ricci.Favourite track: Prelude and Fugue No. 1 in C by Johann Sebastian Bach
Book: Letters by Beethoven
Luxury: The Plowden Guarneri violin
Apr 2, 1983 • 40min
James Fox
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor James Fox.Favourite track: I Believe In You by Bob Dylan
Book: Colour reproduction of Renaissance artists
Luxury: Water colour equipment
Mar 26, 1983 • 43min
Jan Morris
Roy Plomley's castaway is writer and journalist Jan Morris.Favourite track: Badinrie by Johann Sebastian Bach
Book: Her own book on Venice
Luxury: Astronimical telescope with Catalogue Of Nebulae
Mar 19, 1983 • 40min
Michael Wood
Roy Plomley's castaway is flying surgeon of East Africa Michael Wood.Favourite track: Toccata and Fugue In D Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach
Book: Other Men's Flowers by Lord A P Wavell
Luxury: Pair of field glasses
