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 30, 1981 • 33min
Joseph Cotten
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Joseph Cotten.Favourite track: Symphony No. 1 in C Minor by Johannes Brahms
Book: Gardening manual
Luxury: Boat building book
Oct 17, 1981 • 28min
Elspeth Huxley
Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Elspeth Huxley.Favourite track: Piano Concerto in A Minor by Edvard Grieg
Book: Novels by P G Wodehouse
Luxury: Camera and film
Oct 10, 1981 • 48min
Montserrat Caballe
Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Montserrat Caballe.Luxury: Record box
Oct 3, 1981 • 38min
Beaux Arts Trio
Roy Plomley's castaways are the musical collective Beaux Arts Trio.Book: Books about gardening, painting and boat handling
Luxury: Violin & strings and a piano
Sep 26, 1981 • 34min
James Mason
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor James Mason.Favourite track: My Man by Billie Holiday
Book: Ada by Vladimir Nabokov
Luxury: Guitar
Sep 19, 1981 • 44min
Malcolm Muggeridge
Roy Plomley's castaway is writer, journalist and broadcaster Malcolm Muggeridge.Favourite track: Exultate Jubilate by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Book: Writings by Dr Samuel Johnson
Luxury: Beehive
Sep 12, 1981 • 34min
Jessye Norman
Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Jessye Norman.Favourite track: Love Duet by Richard Wagner
Book: Diaries by Virginia Woolf
Luxury: Perrier Water
Sep 5, 1981 • 33min
Alan Jones
Roy Plomley's castaway is racing driver Alan Jones.Favourite track: Reminiscing by Little River Band
Book: Eagle in the Sky by Wilbur Smith
Luxury: Australian lager
Aug 29, 1981 • 36min
Frank Oz
Roy Plomley's castaway is puppeteer Frank Oz.Favourite track: Don't Get Around Much Anymore by Mose Allison
Book: The complete works by Emily Dickinson
Luxury: Clean sheets
Aug 22, 1981 • 37min
Paul Eddington
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Paul Eddington.Favourite track: St Matthew Passion No 45-46 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Book: Experiences of an Irish RM by Martin Ross
Luxury: Ivon Hitchens, Boathouse at Dawn
