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 7, 1980 • 34min
Freddie Jones
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Freddie Jones.Book: The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
Luxury: Liebig condenser for distilling gin
May 31, 1980 • 23min
Robert Tear
Roy Plomley's castaway is tenor Robert Tear.Favourite track: Concerto For Double String Orchestra by Michael Tippett
Book: The Wisdom of Insecurity by Alan Watts
Luxury: Postcards of paintings with poems on the back
May 24, 1980 • 33min
Earl Hines
Roy Plomley's castaway is jazz pianist Earl Hines.Favourite track: Trust In Me by Dinah Washington & Quincy Jones and his Orchestra
Book: The World of Duke Ellington by Stanley Dance
Luxury: Physical culture equipment
May 17, 1980 • 34min
Rt Hon Lord Denning
Roy Plomley's castaway is Master of the Rolls The Rt Hon Lord Alfred Denning.Favourite track: Fantasia On Greensleeves by Ralph Vaughan Williams
Book: The Golden Treasury by Francis Palgrave
Luxury: Indian tea
May 10, 1980 • 31min
Natalie Wood
Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Natalie Wood.Favourite track: American Pie by Don MacLean
Book: Poetry by e e cummings
Luxury: Piano
May 3, 1980 • 35min
Lindsay Anderson
Roy Plomley's castaway is director Lindsay Anderson.Favourite track: Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 In B Flat Major by Johann Sebastian Bach
Book: Les Thibault by Roger Martin Du Gard
Luxury: Mixed flower seeds and a watering can
Apr 26, 1980 • 32min
Salvatore Accardo
Roy Plomley's castaway is violinist Salvatore Accardo.Favourite track: Che Faro Senza Euridice by Christoph Willibald Ritter von Gluck
Book: The Odyssey by Homer
Luxury: Violin and strings
Apr 19, 1980 • 39min
Erich Segal
Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Erich Segal.Favourite track: A Fifth Of Beethoven by Walter Murphy Band
Book: The Odyssey by Homer
Luxury: Stop watch
Apr 12, 1980 • 34min
Leonard Rossiter
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Leonard Rossiter.Favourite track: Max At The Met by Max Miller
Book: Three early novels by P G Wodehouse
Luxury: Moselle wine
Apr 5, 1980 • 36min
Commissioner Catherine Bramwell-Booth
Roy Plomley's castaway is Salvation Army Commissioner Catherine Bramwell-Booth.Favourite track: Hallelujah Chorus by George Frideric Handel
Book: The Salvation Army Songbook
Luxury: Strong, wooden armchair
