Desert Island Discs: Archive 1976-1980 โ Details, episodes & analysis
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Desert Island Discs: Archive 1976-1980
BBC Radio 4
Frequency: 1 episode/62d. Total Eps: 243
Guests are invited to choose the eight records they would take to a desert island
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Clive James
jeudi 16 fรฉvrier 2017 โข Duration 39:42
Roy Plomley's castaway is broadcaster and writer Clive James.
Favourite track: Baby Love by Diana Ross and The Supremes Book: Book about how to build a plane out of palm fronds and coconut fibre by Willy Messerschmitt Luxury: Space invaders
Placido Domingo
samedi 27 dรฉcembre 1980 โข Duration 34:40
Roy Plomley's castaway is tenor Placido Domingo.
Favourite track: Otello by Giuseppe Verdi Book: Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Luxury: Video player and cassettes of his own performances
Sir John Tooley
samedi 11 octobre 1980 โข Duration 34:28
Roy Plomley's castaway is the General Administrator of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Sir John Tooley
Favourite track: The Marriage Of Figaro (Act 2 Finale) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: The Oxford Book of English Verse Luxury: Sugared apricots
Colin Wilson
samedi 21 octobre 1978 โข Duration 26:32
Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Colin Wilson.
Favourite track: String Quartet in F by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: Travels in the Arabian Desert by Charles Montagu Doughty Luxury: Supply of Beaujolais
Noel Edmonds
samedi 14 octobre 1978 โข Duration 28:25
Roy Plomley's castaway is DJ and TV presenter Noel Edmonds.
Favourite track: Time In A Bottle by Jim Croce Book: Thesaurus by Roget Luxury: Motorway service station
Christopher Fry
samedi 7 octobre 1978 โข Duration 29:54
Roy Plomley's castaway is playwright Christopher Fry.
Favourite track: Spring Symphony by Benjamin Britten Book: The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Luxury: Rocking chair
Alec Clifton-Taylor
samedi 30 septembre 1978 โข Duration 28:04
Roy Plomley's castaway is architectural historian Alec Clifton-Taylor.
Favourite track: Intermezzo In C Major by Johannes Brahms Book: Set of the Shell County Guides Luxury: Bed
Alan Jay Lerner
samedi 23 septembre 1978 โข Duration 28:58
Roy Plomley's castaway is lyricist Alan Jay Lerner.
Favourite track: Mack The Knife by Louis Armstrong and his All Stars Book: Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain Luxury: Piano with wife's picture attached
Cathy Berberian
samedi 16 septembre 1978 โข Duration 29:28
Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Cathy Berberian.
Favourite track: Sinfonia by Swingle Sisters Book: Survival manual Luxury: Box of spices
Tennessee Williams
samedi 9 septembre 1978 โข Duration 27:09
Roy Plomley's castaway is playwright Tennessee Williams.
Favourite track: Danny Boy by Harry Belafonte Book: Poetry by Hart Crane Luxury: Typewriter and paper