Desert Island Discs

BBC Radio 4
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Mar 13, 1982 • 30min

George Chisholm

Roy Plomley's castaway is jazz trombonist George Chisholm.Favourite track: I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plan by Jack Teagarden Book: Novels by P G Wodehouse Luxury: Engraved glass and supply of bitter lemon
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Mar 6, 1982 • 37min

Dame Eva Turner

Roy Plomley's castaway is prima donna Dame Eva Turner.Favourite track: Umbra Di Nube by Claudia Muzio Book: Inferno by Dante Alighieri Luxury: Castanets
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Feb 27, 1982 • 36min

John Osborne

Roy Plomley's castaway is playwright John Osborne.Favourite track: The Lark Ascending by Ralph Vaughan Williams Book: Holy Living and Holy Dying by Jeremy Taylor Luxury: Piano and an instruction book
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Feb 20, 1982 • 31min

Petula Clark

Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Petula Clark.Favourite track: Ein Heldenleben by Richard Strauss Book: Short Stories by John Steinbeck Luxury: Piano
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Feb 13, 1982 • 35min

Sir Christopher Leaver

Roy Plomley's castaway is Lord Mayor of London Sir Christopher Leaver.Favourite track: Triple Concerto in C Major by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians Luxury: Wine cellar
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Feb 6, 1982 • 35min

Professor J K Galbraith

Roy Plomley's castaway is former US ambassador Professor J K Galbraith.Favourite track: Oh What A Beautiful Morning by Alfred Drake Book: Personally compiled anthology Luxury: Typewriter and paper
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Jan 30, 1982 • 33min

Paul McCartney

Roy Plomley's castaway is Beatle Paul McCartneyPresented by Roy Plomley.Favourite track: Beautiful Boy by John Lennon Book: Linda's pictures by Linda McCartney Luxury: Guitar
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Jan 23, 1982 • 36min

Frankie Howerd

Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian Frankie Howerd.Favourite track: Jerusalem by Blake/Parry Book: David Copperfield by Charles Dickens Luxury: Cross given to him by his mother
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Jan 16, 1982 • 34min

Angela Rippon

Roy Plomley's castaway is broadcaster Angela Rippon.Favourite track: Jupiter by Gustav Holst Book: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Luxury: Water colours, brushes and paper
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Jan 9, 1982 • 36min

Martin Gilbert

Roy Plomley's castaway is historian Martin Gilbert.Favourite track: M'Appari by Beniamino Gigli Book: The document volumes of the Churchill biography by Martin Gilbert Luxury: Drawings of his two children

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