

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

Mar 12, 1983 • 38min
Douglas Reeman
Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Douglas Reeman.Favourite track: The Song Of The Jellicles by T S Eliot
Book: The Admiralty Seamanship Manual
Luxury: Orchid-growing kit

Mar 5, 1983 • 40min
Kenneth Macmillan
Roy Plomley's castaway is choreographer Kenneth Macmillan.Favourite track: Students' Chorus by Romberg
Book: The Rack by A E Ellis
Luxury: Godiva chocolates from Belgium

Feb 26, 1983 • 40min
Tom Keating
Roy Plomley's castaway is painter and restorer Tom Keating.Favourite track: Symphony No. 2 in D by Jean Sibelius
Book: Lives of the Artists by Giorgio Vasari
Luxury: Mattock

Feb 19, 1983 • 40min
James Ivory
Roy Plomley's castaway is director James Ivory.Favourite track: The Three Ladies Find Tamino by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Book: A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu by Marcel Proust
Luxury: Shower with hot water

Feb 12, 1983 • 38min
Zandra Rhodes
Roy Plomley's castaway is designer Zandra Rhodes.Favourite track: Bolero by Maurice Ravel
Book: Household Management by Mrs Beeton
Luxury: Sketchbook, pens and pencils

Feb 5, 1983 • 37min
Beryl Reid
Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Beryl Reid.Favourite track: Let The Bright Seraphim by George Frideric Handel
Book: Forever Amber by Kathleen Winsor
Luxury: Silk garment

Jan 29, 1983 • 42min
Tim Severin
Roy Plomley's castaway is explorer Tim Severin.Favourite track: Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien by Edith Piaf
Book: Pax Britannica by Jan Morris
Luxury: Herb garden

Jan 22, 1983 • 42min
Gwyneth Jones
Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Gwyneth Jones.Favourite track: L'Incoronazione Di Poppea by Claudio Monteverdi
Book: The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
Luxury: Piano with bath salts

Jan 15, 1983 • 45min
Baroness Maria Von Trapp
Roy Plomley's castaway is the inspiration behind The Sound Of Music, Maria Von Trapp.Favourite track: Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F Major by Johann Sebastian Bach
Book: True funny stories in German
Luxury: Statue of Madonna and child, 17th century

Jan 8, 1983 • 39min
Steve Davis
Roy Plomley's castaway is snooker player Steve Davis.Favourite track: I Need You Now by George Duke
Book: The Throwback and Wilt by Tom Sharpe
Luxury: Snooker table


