

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

Oct 16, 1982 • 35min
Geoffrey Grigson
Roy Plomley's castaway is critic Geoffrey Grigson.Favourite track: She Never Told Her Love by Franz Joseph Haydn
Book: The Oxford English Dictionary
Luxury: Pate de foie gras

Oct 9, 1982 • 31min
N.Busch, J.Kuchmy, M.Parry, M.Wilson
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 2, 1982 • 36min
David Lloyd Jones
Roy Plomley's castaway is artistic director of Opera North David Lloyd Jones.Favourite track: Symphony No. 9 In C by Franz Schubert
Book: Journal by Edmond Goncourt

Sep 25, 1982 • 33min
Wilbur Smith
Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Wilbur Smith.Favourite track: Symphony No. 3 in E Flat Major by Ludwig van Beethoven
Book: The Oxford English Dictionary
Luxury: Brass bedstead and a feather mattress

Sep 18, 1982 • 36min
Carlo Curley
Roy Plomley's castaway is organist Carlo Curley.Favourite track: Wie Lieblich Sind Deine Wohnungen by Johannes Brahms
Book: Cookery book by Julia Childs
Luxury: Pipe organ

Sep 11, 1982 • 36min
James Loughran
Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor James Loughran.Favourite track: Mir Ist So Wunderbar by Ludwig van Beethoven
Book: Comprehensive world airways timetable
Luxury: Drawing and painting equipment

Sep 4, 1982 • 36min
Claire Bloom
Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Claire Bloom.Favourite track: Soave Sia Il Vento by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Book: A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu by Marcel Proust
Luxury: Coffee and espresso machine

Aug 28, 1982 • 34min
Duke & Duchess of Devonshire
Roy Plomley's castaways are the Duke & Duchess Of Devonshire.Favourite track: You're The Top by Ethel Merman
Book: Books by Beatrix Potter and Chambers' Biographical Dictionary
Luxury: New potatoes and aftershave

Aug 21, 1982 • 34min
Carl Davis
Roy Plomley's castaway is composer Carl Davis.Favourite track: Hm, hm, hm! (from The Magic Flute) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Book: Short Stories by Anton Chekhov
Luxury: Shampoo

Aug 14, 1982 • 36min
Donald Sinden
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Donald Sinden.Favourite track: Symphony No. 6 In F Major by Ludwig van Beethoven
Book: A History of Architecture on the Comparative Method by Sir Banister Fletcher
Luxury: His favourite picture in the Walker Art Gallery


