Explore every episode of the podcast Desert Island Discs: Archive 1971-1975
| Title | Pub. Date | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bing Crosby | 29 Dec 1975 | 00:20:32 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is singer Bing Crosby. Favourite track: South Rampart Street Parade by Bob Crosby and his Bobcats Book: Roget's Thesaurus by Roget Luxury: Guitar | |||
| Stanley Holloway | 27 Oct 1975 | 00:22:30 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor and musician Stanley Holloway. Favourite track: And This Is My Beloved by Doretta Morrow Book: A book on the musical plays of the last century Luxury: Manicure and pedicure set | |||
| Emlyn Williams | 15 Feb 1975 | 00:25:42 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor and playwright Emlyn Williams. Favourite track: Elizabethan Serenade by Ron Goodwin and his Orchestra Book: Dictionary Luxury: Typewriter, pen, paper | |||
| Polly James | 19 Oct 1974 | 00:21:22 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Polly James. Favourite track: Your Tiny Hand is Frozen (Che gelida manina) (from La Boheme) by Giacomo Puccini Book: Victoria RI by Countess Elizabeth Longford Luxury: Group photograph of friends | |||
| Richard Walker | 06 Jul 1974 | 00:22:33 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is angler Richard Walker. Favourite track: Nessun Dorma by Giacomo Puccini Book: Puck of Pook's Hill by Rudyard Kipling Luxury: Benvenuto Cellini's Golden Salt Cellar | |||
| Leslie Mitchell | 01 Jun 1974 | 00:24:42 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is broadcaster Leslie Mitchell. Favourite track: Summer Night On The River by Frederick Delius Book: Biography of Leonardo Da Vinci Luxury: Silver box containing a miniature singing bird | |||
| James Stewart | 27 May 1974 | 00:24:11 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor James Stewart. Favourite track: Dream by The Pied Pipers Book: Musical arrangements by Dave Brubeck Luxury: Piano | |||
| David Dimbleby | 29 Apr 1974 | 00:22:17 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is journalist and broadcaster David Dimbleby. Favourite track: Concerto in D Minor For Violin, Oboe and Strings by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: The Oxford English Dictionary Luxury: Havana cigars | |||
| Philip Hope-Wallace | 01 Apr 1974 | 00:22:20 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is critic Philip Hope-Wallace. Favourite track: Dies Irae and Salve Me by Giuseppe Verdi Book: Faust by Johann Wolfgang Goethe Luxury: Ivory chess set | |||
| Brian Johnston | 16 Mar 1974 | 00:19:57 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is broadcaster Brian Johnston. Favourite track: Double Damask by Cicely Courtneidge & Ivor McLaren Book: Funny Way to be a Hero by James Fisher Luxury: Automatic bowling machine & cricket balls | |||
| Eddie Waring | 25 Feb 1974 | 00:18:41 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is commentator Eddie Waring. Favourite track: The Twenty-Third Psalm by Glasgow Orpheus Choir Book: Bradshaw's Railway Timetable Luxury: Couch | |||
| Roy Fox | 16 Feb 1974 | 00:23:47 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is bandleader Roy Fox. Favourite track: Whispering by Roy Fox and his Orchestra Book: Volume of crossword puzzles Luxury: Radio receiver | |||
| John Julius Norwich | 20 Oct 1975 | 00:23:44 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is producer John Julius Norwich. Favourite track: Mir Ist So Wunderbar by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon Luxury: Writing materials | |||
| Sir Terence Rattigan | 12 Jan 1974 | 00:25:18 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is playwright Sir Terence Rattigan. Favourite track: Forty Years On by Harrow School Boys Book: The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon Luxury: Dom Perignon Champagne | |||
| Dr Jacob Bronowski | 05 Jan 1974 | 00:24:57 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is scientist and broadcaster Dr Jacob Bronowski. Favourite track: Se Vuol Ballare by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: Volume on chess championship play Luxury: Antique chess set | |||
| John Mills | 22 Dec 1973 | 00:08:52 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor John Mills. Favourite track: Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D Major by Edward Elgar Book: Book on zoology Luxury: Piano | |||
| Arnold Ridley | 03 Nov 1973 | 00:08:18 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor and playwright Arnold Ridley. Favourite track: Tannhäuser (Overture) by Richard Wagner Book: Bradshaw's Railway Timetable Luxury: Wine-making kit | |||
| Edward Robey | 15 Oct 1973 | 00:24:16 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is barrister Edward Robey. Favourite track: Selig, Wie Die Sonne by Richard Wagner Book: Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians Luxury: German white wine | |||
| Bill Sowerbutts | 17 Sep 1973 | 00:22:56 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is horticulturalist Bill Sowerbutts. Favourite track: Les Francs Juges (Overture) by Hector Berlioz Book: English Dictionary Luxury: Tobacco seeds and a brewing vat | |||
| Joseph Cooper | 21 May 1973 | 00:25:05 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is pianist Joseph Cooper. Favourite track: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini by Sergei Rachmaninov Book: Come Hither by Walter de la Mare Luxury: Dummy piano keyboard | |||
| Denise Robins | 20 Jan 1973 | 00:26:23 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is romantic novelist Denise Robins. Favourite track: Die Walkure by Richard Wagner Book: Encyclopaedia Britannica Luxury: Family photograph | |||
| Beverly Sills | 18 Nov 1972 | 00:27:03 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Beverly Sills. Favourite track: Salome by Richard Strauss Book: Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell Luxury: Telephone | |||
| Imogen Holst | 30 Oct 1972 | 00:27:31 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor and musicologist Imogen Holst. Favourite track: Rondo by Henry Purcell Book: Reverend Francis Kilvert, Diary 1870-1879 by Rev Francis Kilvert Luxury: Spy-glass | |||
| C P Snow | 02 Aug 1975 | 00:24:56 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is writer C P Snow. Favourite track: Henry IV Part II (Act 3, Scene 2) by William Shakespeare Book: Russian grammar Luxury: Writing materials | |||
| John Reed | 25 Sep 1972 | 00:22:06 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian John Reed. Favourite track: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor by Sergei Rachmaninov Book: Do-it-yourself manual Luxury: Painting materials | |||
| Margaret Lockwood | 18 Sep 1972 | 00:24:21 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Margaret Lockwood. Favourite track: Fur Elise by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: Encyclopaedia Britannica Luxury: Piano | |||
| Anthony Lawrence | 11 Sep 1972 | 00:25:09 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is BBC Far East correspondent Anthony Lawrence. Favourite track: Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 In G Major by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu by Marcel Proust Luxury: Two armchairs | |||
| Stephane Grappelli | 14 Aug 1972 | 00:23:26 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is jazz violinist Stephane Grappelli. Favourite track: Gary by Stephane Grappelli, Marc Hemmeler, Jack Sewing Book: Atlas Luxury: Koh-I-Noor diamond | |||
| Edward Ardizzone | 05 Aug 1972 | 00:26:22 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is water colourist Edward Ardizzone. Favourite track: Piano Concerto No 5 In E Flat Major by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens Luxury: Malt whisky and drawing paper | |||
| Sir Arthur Bliss | 29 Jul 1972 | 00:24:45 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is master of the Queen's Music Sir Arthur Bliss. Favourite track: Fair Is My Love by Arthur Bliss Book: The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann Wyss Luxury: Pair of field glasses | |||
| Henry Cecil | 10 Jul 1972 | 00:24:53 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is novelist and playwright Henry Cecil. Favourite track: String Quartet in B Flat by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: Modern English Usage by Henry W Fowler Luxury: Aspirin | |||
| Charles Groves | 03 Jul 1972 | 00:18:03 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Charles Groves. Favourite track: Siegmund's Spring Song by Richard Wagner Book: Anthology of English Verse Luxury: Cigars | |||
| Alec Robertson | 03 Jun 1972 | 00:27:13 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Alec Robertson. Favourite track: In Paradisum by Gabriel Fauré Book: 48 Preludes and fugues by Bach Luxury: Piano | |||
| Joan Bakewell | 15 May 1972 | 00:20:59 | |
Plomley's castaway is broadcaster Joan Bakewell. Favourite track: Mefistofele (Prologue) by Nicola Moscona & Robert Shaw Book: The collected works by James Joyce Luxury: Yellow Lamborghini | |||
| Anthony Dowell | 28 Jul 1975 | 00:22:41 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is dancer Anthony Dowell. Favourite track: The Prince Of The Pagodas by Benjamin Britten Book: The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame Luxury: Radio receiver | |||
| Leonide Massine | 22 Apr 1972 | 00:28:02 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is choreographer Leonide Massine. Favourite track: I Have Attained The Highest Power by Modest Mussorgsky Book: The Theory of Choreography by Leonide Massine | |||
| Sir Geoffrey Jackson | 10 Apr 1972 | 00:26:10 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is diplomat Sir Geoffrey Jackson. Favourite track: Gloria by Los Fronterizos Book: The Lord of the Rings by J R R Tolkien Luxury: Spanish guitar | |||
| Raymond Leppard | 06 Mar 1972 | 00:24:39 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Raymond Leppard. Favourite track: Et Resurrexit by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: The Iliad by Homer and The Odyssey by Homer Luxury: Gin, dry Martini and lemons | |||
| Alice Delysia | 14 Feb 1972 | 00:27:07 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Alice Delysia. Favourite track: C'est La Saison D'Amour by Oscar Straus Book: Les Miserables by Victor Hugo Luxury: Bed | |||
| David Hockney | 07 Feb 1972 | 00:19:43 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is artist David Hockney. Favourite track: Liebestod by Richard Wagner Book: Route 69 by Floyd Carter Luxury: Paper, pencils and a battery-operated sharpener | |||
| Isaac Stern | 08 Jan 1972 | 00:27:10 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is violinist Isaac Stern. Book: Encyclopaedia Britannica Luxury: Refrigerator | |||
| Gwen Berryman | 03 Jan 1972 | 00:21:18 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Gwen Berryman. Favourite track: Trumpet Voluntary by Jeremiah Clarke Book: Cookery book Luxury: Writing materials | |||
| Alfred Brendel | 22 Nov 1971 | 00:21:56 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is concert pianist Alfred Brendel. Favourite track: Prelude No 24 In B Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Lieder by Franz Schubert Luxury: Bavarian rococo church | |||
| Artur Rubinstein | 28 Aug 1971 | 00:25:22 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is concert pianist Artur Rubinstein. Favourite track: String Quintet In C by Franz Schubert Book: Any one from his library Luxury: Revolver | |||
| Michael Crawford | 05 Jul 1971 | 00:28:45 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Michael Crawford. Favourite track: Singin' In The Rain by Gene Kelly Book: A Book of Beauty by John Hadfield Luxury: Cherry tree | |||
| Helen Bradley | 05 Jul 1975 | 00:26:03 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is painter Helen Bradley. Favourite track: Trois Gymnopédies by Satie Book: A great tome on the law Luxury: A soap that kills mosquitoes | |||
| Ronnie Corbett | 31 May 1971 | 00:21:08 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian Ronnie Corbett. Favourite track: I Know That My Redeemer Liveth by George Frideric Handel Book: Handbook on tropical vegetation Luxury: Golf clubs and balls | |||
| Reginald Foort | 10 May 1971 | 00:26:17 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is organist Reginald Foort. Favourite track: Lullaby Of Broadway by Joe Loss and his Orchestra Book: Back numbers of the Reader's Digest Luxury: Organ | |||
| Geoff Boycott | 12 Apr 1971 | 00:19:49 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is cricketer Geoff Boycott. Favourite track: My Way by Frank Sinatra Book: Set of Wisden Luxury: Telephone line to a sports newspaper | |||
| Alan Keith | 08 Feb 1971 | 00:26:58 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor and broadcaster Alan Keith. Favourite track: Symphony No. 5 In C Minor by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: The Oxford Book of English Verse Luxury: Model-making tools | |||