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
Jan 2, 1982 • 32min
Trevor Brooking
Roy Plomley's castaway is footballer Trevor Brooking.Favourite track: What Kind Of Fool by Barbra Steisand & Barry Gibb
Book: Crossword puzzles and pencils
Luxury: Golf clubs and balls
Dec 26, 1981 • 35min
Earl of Harewood
Roy Plomley's castaway is the managing director of the ENO George Lascelles.Favourite track: Piano Sonata In A by Franz Schubert
Book: Anthology of Poetry
Luxury: Typewriter
Dec 19, 1981 • 33min
Helene Hanff
Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Helene Hanff.Favourite track: In Tears Of Grief by Johann Sebastian Bach
Book: Memoirs by Louis De Rouvroy
Luxury: Scrabble
Dec 12, 1981 • 41min
Jack Higgins
Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Jack Higgins.Favourite track: Piano Concerto No. 4 In G Minor by Sergei Rachmaninov
Book: The Four Quartets by T S Eliot
Luxury: Writing materials
Dec 5, 1981 • 29min
Alan Howard
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Alan Howard.Favourite track: Symphony No. 15 In D by Ludwig van Beethoven
Book: Piano manual
Luxury: Piano
Dec 4, 1981 • 31min
Sir Douglas Bader
Roy Plomley's castaway is RAF pilot Sir Douglas Bader.Favourite track: I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing by The New Seekers
Book: Complete works by Lord Tennyson
Luxury: Sand iron and golf balls
Nov 27, 1981 • 34min
Diana Dors
Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Diana Dors.Book: Autobiography by Diana Dors
Luxury: Chocolates
Nov 14, 1981 • 34min
James Clavell
Roy Plomley's castaway is novelist James Clavell.Favourite track: The Impossible Dream by Roberta Flack
Book: The Koran
Nov 7, 1981 • 35min
Professor Glyn Daniel
Roy Plomley's castaway is archaeologist Professor Glyn Daniel.Favourite track: Partita No. 1 in B Flat by Johann Sebastian Bach
Book: Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Luxury: Wine
Oct 31, 1981 • 33min
Patrick Lichfield
Roy Plomley's castaway is photographer Patrick Lichfield.Favourite track: As Time Goes By by Dooley Wilson
Book: Book with blank cork pages
Luxury: Astronomical telescope
