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
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
Mar 21, 1981 • 34min
Russell Harty
Roy Plomley's castaway is broadcaster Russell Harty.Favourite track: In The Bleak Midwinter by King's College Chapel Choir
Book: A History of Craven by E T Whittaker
Luxury: Flagpole and Union Jack
Mar 14, 1981 • 34min
Peter Nichols
Roy Plomley's castaway is playwright Peter Nichols.Favourite track: He Trusted In God by George Frideric Handel
Book: Collected essays by George Orwell
Luxury: Vibraphone
Mar 7, 1981 • 34min
Daniel Massey
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Daniel Massey.Favourite track: Violin Concerto in D by Ludwig van Beethoven
Book: Ego by James Agate
Luxury: Wine
Feb 28, 1981 • 42min
Carla Lane
Roy Plomley's castaway is writer and comedian Carla Lane.Favourite track: Violin Concerto in D by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Book: Dictionary of quotations
Luxury: French Shampoo
Feb 21, 1981 • 35min
Frederic Raphael
Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Frederic Raphael.Favourite track: Cello Concerto in B Minor by Antonin Dvořák
Book: Bilingual edition of poetry by Giorgos Seferis
Luxury: Painting Materials
