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 26, 1979 • 23min
Jack Brymer
Roy Plomley's castaway is clarinettist Jack Brymer.Favourite track: String Quintet No. 3 in G Minor by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Book: The collected works by Charles Dickens
Luxury: Piano
May 19, 1979 • 28min
Alec McCowen
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Alec McCowen.Favourite track: Gypsy (Overture) by Broadway Orchestra
Book: The Egoist by George Meredith
Luxury: Painting materials
May 12, 1979 • 33min
Peter Blake
Roy Plomley's castaway is artist Peter Blake.Favourite track: Molly Bloom's Soliloquy (from Ulysses) by James Joyce
Book: Ulysses by James Joyce
Luxury: Cement and tools to build a folly
May 5, 1979 • 31min
James Cameron
Roy Plomley's castaway is journalist James Cameron.Favourite track: Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas
Book: Tristram Shandy by Laurence Sterne
Luxury: Malt whisky
Apr 28, 1979 • 28min
Edward Fox
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Edward Fox.Favourite track: Jesu Joy Of Man's Desiring by Johann Sebastian Bach
Book: Selection of novels by Evelyn Waugh
Luxury: Limes toilet water by Floris
Apr 21, 1979 • 31min
Patricia Highsmith
Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Patricia Highsmith.Favourite track: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor by Sergei Rachmaninov
Book: Moby Dick by Herman Melville
Luxury: Writing materials
Apr 14, 1979 • 32min
Sir Edmund Hillary
Roy Plomley's castaway is mountaineer Sir Edmund Hillary.Favourite track: Blowin' In The Wind by Bob Dylan
Book: The Lord of the Rings by J R R Tolkien
Luxury: Painting he has of Kathmandu valley
Apr 7, 1979 • 32min
Sir Adrian Boult
Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Sir Adrian Boult.Favourite track: Symphony No. 40 In G Minor by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Book: Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan
Luxury: Panama hats stuffed with barley sugar
Mar 31, 1979 • 37min
Burl Ives
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Burl Ives.Favourite track: Horn Concerto No. 4 In E Flat by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Book: I Ching
Luxury: Whisky (Tobermory)
Mar 24, 1979 • 27min
Ray Reardon
Roy Plomley's castaway is snooker champion Ray Reardon.Favourite track: Symphony No. 5 In C Minor by Ludwig van Beethoven
Book: Where Eagles Dare by Alistair MacLean
Luxury: Golf clubs and balls
