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
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
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
