Explore every episode of the podcast Desert Island Discs: Archive 1976-1980
| Title | Pub. Date | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clive James | 16 Feb 2017 | 00:39:42 | |
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 | 27 Dec 1980 | 00:34:40 | |
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 | 11 Oct 1980 | 00:34:28 | |
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 | 21 Oct 1978 | 00:26:32 | |
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 | 14 Oct 1978 | 00:28:25 | |
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 | 07 Oct 1978 | 00:29:54 | |
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 | 30 Sep 1978 | 00:28:04 | |
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 | 23 Sep 1978 | 00:28:58 | |
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 | 16 Sep 1978 | 00:29:28 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Cathy Berberian. Favourite track: Sinfonia by Swingle Sisters Book: Survival manual Luxury: Box of spices | |||
| Tennessee Williams | 09 Sep 1978 | 00:27:09 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is playwright Tennessee Williams. Favourite track: Danny Boy by Harry Belafonte Book: Poetry by Hart Crane Luxury: Typewriter and paper | |||
| Gian Carlo Menotti | 02 Sep 1978 | 00:29:42 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is composer Gian Carlo Menotti. Book: Book on philosophy by Emmanuel Kant Luxury: Tarot cards | |||
| Rt Hon. Denis Healey | 26 Aug 1978 | 00:28:44 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is Chancellor of the Exchequer Denis Healey. Favourite track: Soave Sia Il Vento by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: Poetry by W B Yeats Luxury: Oil painting equipment | |||
| Fred Trueman | 19 Aug 1978 | 00:28:20 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is cricketer Fred Trueman. Favourite track: Symphony No. 9 In E Minor by Antonin Dvořák Book: Memoirs by Harold Macmillan Luxury: Pair of binoculars | |||
| Ronald Lockley | 04 Oct 1980 | 00:35:25 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is naturalist and writer Ronald Lockley. Favourite track: Prelude A L'Apres Midi D'Un Faune by Claude Debussy Book: The Natural History of Selborne by Gilbert White Luxury: Telescope | |||
| Janet Suzman | 12 Aug 1978 | 00:29:05 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Janet Suzman. Favourite track: Porgi Amor by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Luxury: Mink-lined hammock | |||
| Simon Rattle | 05 Aug 1978 | 00:29:25 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Simon Rattle. Favourite track: String Quartet in B Flat by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: The I Ching Luxury: German white wine | |||
| Barbara Pym | 29 Jul 1978 | 00:28:09 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Barbara Pym. Favourite track: In The Bleak Midwinter by King's College Chapel Choir Book: The Golden Bowl by Henry James Luxury: German white wine | |||
| Rita Streich | 15 Jul 1978 | 00:28:41 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Rita Streich. Favourite track: Symphony No. 36 In C Major by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: The Nonsense of Dying by Malford Luxury: Painting materials | |||
| Jane Grigson | 08 Jul 1978 | 00:29:25 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is cookery expert Jane Grigson. Favourite track: Hollowed Stone by Geoffrey Grigson Book: Notes from an Odd Country by Geoffrey Grigson Luxury: Typewriter and paper | |||
| Mel Brooks | 01 Jul 1978 | 00:30:18 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is director Mel Brooks. Favourite track: Can't We Talk It Over? by Bing Crosby Book: The Charterhouse of Parma by Stendhal Luxury: Cases of Chateau Lafite-Rothschild | |||
| Dr Catherine Gavin | 24 Jun 1978 | 00:27:50 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is novelist and historian Dr Catherine Gavin. Favourite track: La Marseillaise by Rouget De Lisle Book: Letters by Queen Victoria Luxury: Camille Pissarro, On the Banks of the Marne | |||
| Sir Clifford Curzon | 17 Jun 1978 | 00:30:58 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is pianist Sir Clifford Curzon. Favourite track: Piano Concerto No. 21 in C by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: Middlemarch by George Eliot Luxury: Pill to put him to sleep forever | |||
| Derek Jacobi | 10 Jun 1978 | 00:26:35 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Derek Jacobi. Favourite track: There Are Bad Times Just Around The Corner by Noel Coward Book: The complete works by Lord Byron Luxury: Waterbed | |||
| Victoria de los Angeles | 03 Jun 1978 | 00:29:15 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Victoria de los Angeles. Favourite track: Sound Effects: Birds, Animals, Crowds, Traffic Book: Poetry in Spanish & German by Raine Maria Rilke Luxury: The Nike of Samothrace, in the Louvre | |||
| Andrea Newman | 27 Sep 1980 | 00:37:01 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is novelist and TV writer Andrea Newman. Favourite track: Im Abendrot by Richard Strauss Book: The Weather in the Streets by Rosamund Lehmann Luxury: Champagne | |||
| Anna Raeburn | 27 May 1978 | 00:28:50 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is writer and broadcaster Anna Raeburn. Favourite track: Amazing Grace by Aretha Franklin Book: Daughter of the Earth by Agnes Smedley Luxury: Indian tea | |||
| Rt. Hon. Lord Shinwell | 20 May 1978 | 00:29:45 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is politician the Rt Hon Lord Shinwell. Favourite track: I Belong To Glasgow by Will Fyffe Book: The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Luxury: Whisky | |||
| Sir Lennox Berkeley | 13 May 1978 | 00:30:27 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is composer Sir Lennox Berkeley. Favourite track: Petite Symphonie Concertante by Frank Martin Book: The New Oxford Book of English Verse Luxury: Painting of a restaurant on the banks of the Marne | |||
| Charles Aznavour | 06 May 1978 | 00:27:15 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is musician and actor Charles Aznavour. Favourite track: Kalinka by Red Army Ensemble Book: French dictionary Luxury: Tape recorder | |||
| Itzhak Perlman | 29 Apr 1978 | 00:30:09 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is violinist Itzhak Perlman. Favourite track: Ich Habe Genug by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky Luxury: Violin, strings and case | |||
| Robert Hardy | 22 Apr 1978 | 00:31:20 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Robert Hardy. Favourite track: String Quartet No. 13 in B Flat Major by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: French dictionary Luxury: Greek sculpture of a female head | |||
| Sir John Glubb | 15 Apr 1978 | 00:30:25 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Sir John Glubb. Favourite track: Serenade In G Major by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: Other Men's Flowers by Lord A P Wavell Luxury: Paper and ballpoint pens | |||
| Les Dawson | 08 Apr 1978 | 00:26:59 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian Les Dawson. Favourite track: Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte by Maurice Ravel Book: Trustee From The Toolroom by Nevil Shute Luxury: Piece of Georgian furniture | |||
| Felicity Kendal | 01 Apr 1978 | 00:28:26 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Felicity Kendal. Favourite track: Violin Concerto in D Major by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: Plays and Prefaces by George Bernard Shaw Luxury: Perfume | |||
| David Wall | 25 Mar 1978 | 00:28:49 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is ballet dancer David Wall. Favourite track: Kullervo Symphony by Jean Sibelius Book: Book on Claude Monet Luxury: Carbonated-drink maker and supply of flavourings | |||
| Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger | 20 Sep 1980 | 00:34:33 | |
Roy Plomley's castaways are producers Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. Favourite track: Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss Book: Essays by Michel de Montaigne and Herzog by Saul Bellow Luxury: Brandy and a blank log book | |||
| George MacDonald Fraser | 18 Mar 1978 | 00:29:56 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is writer George MacDonald Fraser. Favourite track: Theme From The Adventures Of Robin Hood by National Philharmonic Orchestra Book: The Oxford English Dictionary Luxury: Typewriter, spare ribbons and paper | |||
| Rt Rev. And Rt Hon. Gerald Ellison | 11 Mar 1978 | 00:29:22 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is Bishop of London Gerald Ellison. Favourite track: Symphony No. 1 in A Flat by Edward Elgar Book: Music Criticisms 1888-89 by George Bernard Shaw Luxury: Trombone | |||
| Paco Peña | 04 Mar 1978 | 00:26:30 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is guitarist Paco Pena. Favourite track: Prelude, Fugue and Allegro In E Flat Major by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Collected poetry by Frederico Garcia Lorca Luxury: Painting of his family by Aurelio | |||
| Professor J H Plumb | 25 Feb 1978 | 00:28:46 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is historian Professor J H Plumb. Favourite track: Piano Concerto No. 4 In G Major by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: Correspondence by Voltaire Luxury: Dozen cases of Chateau Latour '61 | |||
| Rt Hon. Margaret Thatcher | 18 Feb 1978 | 00:29:55 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is Leader of the Opposition the Rt Hon Margaret Thatcher. Favourite track: Piano Concerto No. 5 In E Flat Major by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: Survival manual Luxury: Photo album of her children | |||
| Amadeus String Quartet | 11 Feb 1978 | 00:31:07 | |
Roy Plomley's castaways are the musicians the Amadeus String Quartet. Book: A la Recherche du Temps Perdu by Marcel Proust and Instrument-making and Divine Comedy (in Italian with dictionary) by Dante Alighieri and War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy Luxury: Projector, viola, radio, paper and pencils | |||
| Spike Milligan | 04 Feb 1978 | 00:26:58 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian Spike Milligan. Favourite track: Yesterday by The Beatles Book: Future Shock by Alvin Toffler Luxury: Barclaycard | |||
| Raymond Mander & Joe Mitchenson | 28 Jan 1978 | 00:27:46 | |
Roy Plomley's castaways are theatre historians Raymond Mander & Joe Mitchenson. Favourite track: The Ride Of The Valkyries by Richard Wagner Book: Photo albums and A set of Who's Who in the Theatre Luxury: Couch and coconut oil and an ultra-sensitive receiver to hear voices from the past | |||
| Alan Coren | 21 Jan 1978 | 00:27:54 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is Editor of Punch Alan Coren. Favourite track: Double Concerto in D Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: The Oxford English Dictionary Luxury: Typewriter and paper | |||
| Omar Sharif | 14 Jan 1978 | 00:27:05 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Omar Sharif. Favourite track: All The Way by Frank Sinatra Book: The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery Luxury: Several decks of cards | |||
| Earl Of Snowdon | 06 Sep 1980 | 00:35:13 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is photographer Antony Armstrong-Jones, The Earl Of Snowdon. Favourite track: Swan Lake (Finale) by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Book: A History of Architecture on the Comparative Method by Sir Banister Fletcher Luxury: Painting Materials | |||
| Franco Zeffirelli | 07 Jan 1978 | 00:30:47 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is film director Franco Zeffirelli. Favourite track: Les Tringles Des Sistres by Georges Bizet Book: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy Luxury: Perfume | |||
| Dorothy Edwards | 31 Dec 1977 | 00:27:18 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Dorothy Edwards. Favourite track: Hallelujah Chorus by George Frideric Handel Book: The Oxford Book of English Verse by Arthur Quiller-Couch Luxury: Typewriter and paper | |||
| Sir Alec Guinness | 24 Dec 1977 | 00:31:03 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Sir Alec Guinness. Favourite track: Sonata No. 32 in C Minor (Opus 111) by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: The Oxford Book of English Verse by Arthur Quiller-Couch Luxury: Leather wallet containing photos of family & dog | |||