

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


