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
Mar 17, 1979 • 30min
Ileana Cotrubas
Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Ileana Cotrubas.Favourite track: Dies Irae by Giuseppe Verdi
Book: History of the whole world
Luxury: Sistine Chapel in the Vatican
Mar 10, 1979 • 31min
David Attenborough
Roy Plomley's castaway is zoologist David Attenborough.Favourite track: String Quintet In G Minor by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Book: Shifts and Expedients of Camp Life by William Barry Lord
Luxury: Binoculars
Mar 3, 1979 • 28min
Lauren Bacall
Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Lauren Bacall.Favourite track: My Mistress' Eyes (Sonnet 130) by William Shakespeare
Book: Collected Short Stories by John Cheever
Luxury: Sun tan lotion
Feb 24, 1979 • 33min
Nana Mouskouri
Roy Plomley's castaway is singer Nana Mouskouri.Favourite track: Girl From The North Country by Bob Dylan
Book: The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Luxury: Telephone
Feb 20, 1979 • 31min
Sir Arthur Bryant
Roy Plomley's castaway is historian Sir Arthur Bryant.Favourite track: The Magic Flute by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Book: The Life of Samuel Johnson by James Boswell
Luxury: Painting of a little princess, by Velazquez
Feb 13, 1979 • 31min
Norris McWhirter
Roy Plomley's castaway is Editor of the Guinness Book of Records Norris McWhirter.Favourite track: Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D Major by Edward Elgar
Book: The National Dictionary of Biography
Luxury: Roll of cloth
Feb 3, 1979 • 32min
Robert Stephens
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Robert Stephens.Favourite track: Speak The Speech, I Pray You (from Hamlet) by William Shakespeare
Book: The collected works by Raymond Chandler
Luxury: Tobacco plant
Jan 30, 1979 • 31min
Benjamin Luxon
Roy Plomley's castaway is baritone Benjamin Luxon.Favourite track: Spem In Alium by Tallis
Book: Collected stories by Idris Shah
Luxury: A piano and music
Jan 23, 1979 • 28min
Elia Kazan
Roy Plomley's castaway is director Elia Kazan.Favourite track: String Quartet in A Minor by Ludwig van Beethoven
Book: The Iliad by Homer
Luxury: 20 tons of pine needles
Jan 16, 1979 • 27min
Allan Prior
Roy Plomley's castaway is novelist and scriptwriter Allan Prior.Favourite track: Never Been Kissed In The Same Place Twice by Maddy Prior
Book: Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
Luxury: Looking glass
