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
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
Aug 15, 1981 • 33min
Sebastian Coe
Roy Plomley's castaway is world champion athlete Sebastian Coe.Favourite track: A Foggy Day by Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armsrtong
Book: The Penguin Dorothy Parker by Dorothy Parker
Luxury: Bed
Aug 8, 1981 • 30min
Terry Hands
Roy Plomley's castaway is producer Terry Hands.Favourite track: String Quartet in C by Franz Joseph Haydn
Book: Dictionary
Luxury: Cello
Aug 1, 1981 • 34min
Julian Lloyd Webber
Roy Plomley's castaway is cellist Julian Lloyd Webber.Favourite track: Cello Concerto in E Minor by Edward Elgar
Book: History of Orient Football Club
Luxury: Cello
Jul 25, 1981 • 36min
Roger Moore
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Roger Moore.Favourite track: New York, New York by Frank Sinatra
Book: Nobel House by James Clavell
Luxury: Video player and films of family
Jul 18, 1981 • 39min
Carl Sagan
Roy Plomley's castaway is astronomer Carl Sagan.Favourite track: Partita No. 3 in E by Johann Sebastian Bach
Book: Boy Scout hand book
Luxury: Reflecting telescope
