Desert Island Discs

BBC Radio 4
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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

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