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
Jan 9, 1979 • 30min
Robert Powell
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Robert Powell.Favourite track: Symphony No. 5 In C Sharp Minor by Gustav Mahler
Book: Modern English Usage by Henry W Fowler
Luxury: Typewriter
Dec 30, 1978 • 29min
Norman Parkinson
Roy Plomley's castaway is photographer Norman Parkinson.Favourite track: La Vie En Rose by Grace Jones
Book: The Unquiet Grave by Cyril Connolly
Luxury: Life-size bronze statue of an Ama-Indian woman
Dec 23, 1978 • 30min
Sir Robert Helpmann
Roy Plomley's castaway is dancer Sir Robert Helpmann.Favourite track: Bailero by Victoria De Los Angeles
Book: Volume on boat building for beginners
Luxury: Toothbrush and toothpaste
Dec 16, 1978 • 29min
Dinsdale Landen
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Dinsdale Landen.Favourite track: Sanctus by Gabriel Fauré
Book: Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
Luxury: Champagne
Dec 9, 1978 • 28min
Barry John
Roy Plomley's castaway is rugby player Barry John.Favourite track: Myfanwy by Treorchy Male Voice Choir
Book: Complete Penguin Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Luxury: Collection of assorted balls
Dec 2, 1978 • 30min
Vladimir Ashkenazy
Roy Plomley's castaway is pianist Vladimir Ashkenazy.Favourite track: Piano Concerto No. 27 In B Flat by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Book: Blank book and pens
Luxury: Well-programmed robot
Nov 25, 1978 • 27min
Joan Fontaine
Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Joan Fontaine.Favourite track: Piano Concerto in A Minor by Edvard Grieg
Book: Single-volume encyclopaedia
Luxury: The Taj Mahal
Nov 18, 1978 • 31min
David Bellamy
Roy Plomley's castaway is botanist David Bellamy.Favourite track: The Better Land by Clara Butt
Book: The Lord of the Rings by J R R Tolkien
Luxury: Linen sheets
Nov 11, 1978 • 31min
Michael Crawford
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Michael Crawford.Favourite track: Gloria by Les Troubadours Du Roi Baudouin
Book: Self Sufficiency by John Seymour
Luxury: Inflatable rubber woman
Nov 4, 1978 • 29min
John Wain
Roy Plomley's castaway is writer John Wain.Favourite track: Voi Che Sapete by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Book: Life of Johnson by James Boswell
Luxury: Canoe
