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
Jun 6, 1981 • 36min
Rt Hon William Whitelaw
Roy Plomley's castaway is Home Secretary The Rt Hon William Whitelaw.Favourite track: White Christmas by Bing Crosby
Book: The World That Fred Made by Bernard Darwin
Luxury: Bath with a hot water system
May 30, 1981 • 34min
Eric Shilling
Roy Plomley's castaway is bass singer Eric Shilling.Favourite track: Deh Vieni Non Tardar by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Book: Collin's Albatross Book of Verse by Louis Untermeyer
Luxury: Astronomical telescope
May 23, 1981 • 35min
Edmund Rubbra
Roy Plomley's castaway is composer Edmund Rubbra.Favourite track: Symphony No .9 In C by Franz Schubert
Book: Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne
Luxury: Music manuscript paper
May 16, 1981 • 41min
Sir John Gielgud
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Sir John Gielgud.Favourite track: Double Concerto in D Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach
Book: A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu by Marcel Proust
May 9, 1981 • 32min
Buddy Rich
Roy Plomley's castaway is bandleader and drummer Buddy Rich.Favourite track: The Girl On The Rock by Ralph Brewster Singers
Book: The Story of O by Pauline Reage
Luxury: Ferrari
May 2, 1981 • 35min
Sir Frederick Ashton
Roy Plomley's castaway is choreographer Sir Frederick Ashton.Favourite track: Piano Concerto No. 21 in C by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Book: A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu by Marcel Proust
Luxury: Cards
Apr 25, 1981 • 44min
Stewart Granger
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Stewart Granger.Favourite track: Piano Concerto No. 5 In E Flat Major by Ludwig van Beethoven
Book: Collected works by Ernest Hemingway
Luxury: Gold statuette of Sir Winston Churchill
Apr 18, 1981 • 31min
Princess Grace of Monaco
Roy Plomley's castaway is Princess Grace Of Monaco.Favourite track: Berceuse In D Flat by Frédéric Chopin
Book: Plays by George Kelly
Luxury: Pillow
Apr 11, 1981 • 36min
Sir Fitzroy MacLean
Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Sir Fitzroy MacLean.Favourite track: Piano Concerto No. 5 In E Flat Major by Ludwig van Beethoven
Book: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Luxury: Writing materials
Mar 28, 1981 • 36min
Patricia Ruanne
Roy Plomley's castaway is ballerina Patricia Ruanne.Favourite track: Romeo and Juliet Ballet Suite by Sergei Prokofiev
Book: The Lord of the Rings by J R R Tolkien
Luxury: Sunglasses
