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 | |||
| Arthur Askey | 20 Dec 1980 | 00:33:57 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian Arthur Askey. Favourite track: Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Book: Guinness Book of Records Luxury: Piano | |||
| Neville Marriner | 13 Dec 1980 | 00:34:42 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Neville Marriner. Favourite track: There Is No Rose by King's College Chapel Choir Book: Life On Earth by David Attenborough Luxury: Violin | |||
| Jose Carreras | 06 Dec 1980 | 00:30:55 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is tenor Jose Carreras. Favourite track: Your Tiny Hand is Frozen (Che gelida manina) (from La Boheme) by Giacomo Puccini Book: Poems by Rabindranath Tagore Luxury: Velazquez, Les Hilanderas | |||
| Tom Conti | 22 Nov 1980 | 00:33:47 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Tom Conti. Favourite track: Dies Irae by Giuseppe Verdi Book: Summerhill by A S Neill Luxury: Piano | |||
| Mark Elder | 08 Nov 1980 | 00:34:01 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is musical director of the English National Opera Mark Elder. Favourite track: I Used To Be Colour Blind by Fred Astaire Book: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy Luxury: Sherry | |||
| Derek Tangye | 01 Nov 1980 | 00:34:56 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Derek Tangye. Favourite track: Symphony No. 2 in E Minor by Sergei Rachmaninov Book: A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu by Marcel Proust Luxury: Astronomical telescope | |||
| Catherine Gaskin | 25 Oct 1980 | 00:40:05 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Catherine Gaskin. Favourite track: String Quartet in C Sharp Minor by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: The Story of Civilization by William Durant Luxury: Piano | |||
| Brian Glover | 18 Oct 1980 | 00:30:50 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor and playwright Brian Glover. Favourite track: Like A Rolling Stone by Bob Dylan Book: Card Games by John Scarne Luxury: MGTD 2952 car | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| Renata Scotto | 30 Aug 1980 | 00:33:10 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Renata Scotto. Favourite track: Sola, Perduta, Abbandonata by Giacomo Puccini Book: Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri Luxury: Silver shadow Rolls Royce | |||
| Tristan Jones | 23 Aug 1980 | 00:35:42 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is sailor and writer Tristan Jones. Favourite track: 1812 Overture by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Book: Modern wooden yacht construction Luxury: 12 foot by 8 foot Union Jack | |||
| Stephen Sondheim | 16 Aug 1980 | 00:32:31 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is composer Stephen Sondheim. Favourite track: Porgy and Bess by Lawrence Winters and Others Book: Collected works by E B White Luxury: Piano | |||
| William Trevor | 09 Aug 1980 | 00:32:33 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is writer William Trevor. Favourite track: Clarinet Quintet In B Minor by Johannes Brahms Book: Lives of the Saints by Alban Butler Luxury: Grapevines | |||
| Gregory Peck | 02 Aug 1980 | 00:43:58 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Gregory Peck. Favourite track: Symphony No. 7 In A Major by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: Abraham Lincoln by Carl Sandburg Luxury: Cases of Chateau Lafite-Rothschild | |||
| David Scott Blackhall | 26 Jul 1980 | 00:30:45 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is broadcaster David Scott Blackhall. Favourite track: Our Love Is Here To Stay by George Gershwin Book: The Oxford Book of English Verse Luxury: Perkins Brailler and paper | |||
| Tom Lehrer | 12 Jul 1980 | 00:30:22 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is composer Tom Lehrer. Favourite track: Der Rosenkavalier Waltzes by Richard Strauss Book: The Oxford English Dictionary Luxury: Piano | |||
| V S Naipaul | 05 Jul 1980 | 00:34:46 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is writer V S Naipaul. Favourite track: Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: Teach yourself mathematics Luxury: The Enlightened Buddha | |||
| Barbara Woodhouse | 28 Jun 1980 | 00:32:16 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is dog trainer Barbara Woodhouse. Favourite track: Skye Boat Song by Adrian Brett Book: Talking To Animals by Barbara Woodhouse Luxury: Mother's ormolu clock | |||
| General Sir John Hackett | 21 Jun 1980 | 00:33:51 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is soldier and writer General Sir John Hackett. Favourite track: String Quartet No. 13 in B Flat Major by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: 1001 Gems of English Poetry Luxury: Six dozen bottles of Chateau La Tour 1962 | |||
| Earl Hines | 24 May 1980 | 00:33:24 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is jazz pianist Earl Hines. Favourite track: Trust In Me by Dinah Washington & Quincy Jones and his Orchestra Book: The World of Duke Ellington by Stanley Dance Luxury: Physical culture equipment | |||
| Rt Hon Lord Denning | 17 May 1980 | 00:33:33 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is Master of the Rolls The Rt Hon Lord Alfred Denning. Favourite track: Fantasia On Greensleeves by Ralph Vaughan Williams Book: The Golden Treasury by Francis Palgrave Luxury: Indian tea | |||
| Natalie Wood | 10 May 1980 | 00:30:56 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Natalie Wood. Favourite track: American Pie by Don MacLean Book: Poetry by e e cummings Luxury: Piano | |||
| Lindsay Anderson | 03 May 1980 | 00:35:04 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is director Lindsay Anderson. Favourite track: Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 In B Flat Major by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Les Thibault by Roger Martin Du Gard Luxury: Mixed flower seeds and a watering can | |||
| Erich Segal | 19 Apr 1980 | 00:38:32 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Erich Segal. Favourite track: A Fifth Of Beethoven by Walter Murphy Band Book: The Odyssey by Homer Luxury: Stop watch | |||
| Leonard Rossiter | 12 Apr 1980 | 00:34:20 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Leonard Rossiter. Favourite track: Max At The Met by Max Miller Book: Three early novels by P G Wodehouse Luxury: Moselle wine | |||
| Commissioner Catherine Bramwell-Booth | 05 Apr 1980 | 00:36:16 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is Salvation Army Commissioner Catherine Bramwell-Booth. Favourite track: Hallelujah Chorus by George Frideric Handel Book: The Salvation Army Songbook Luxury: Strong, wooden armchair | |||
| Geoffrey Household | 15 Mar 1980 | 00:34:04 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Geoffrey Household. Favourite track: Symphony No. 5 In C Minor by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: Elizabethan lyrics from songbooks and dramatists Luxury: Claret | |||
| Kiri Te Kanawa | 08 Mar 1980 | 00:32:30 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Kiri Te Kanawa. Favourite track: Flute Concerto No. 1 in G by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy Luxury: Cooking knives | |||
| Fay Weldon | 23 Feb 1980 | 00:33:11 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Fay Weldon. Book: Kennedy's Latin Primer Luxury: Shiny white paper and felt pens | |||
| Timothy West | 16 Feb 1980 | 00:36:41 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Timothy West. Favourite track: Bagatelle In B Flat by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: Le Morte D'Arthur by Thomas Mallory Luxury: Typewriter | |||
| Claudio Abbado | 09 Feb 1980 | 00:33:32 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Claudio Abbado. Favourite track: Kommt Ihr Tochter by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri Luxury: Writing materials | |||
| Otto Preminger | 02 Feb 1980 | 00:33:04 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is producer Otto Preminger. Favourite track: Laura by Frank Sinatra Book: Autobiography by Otto Preminger Luxury: Beautiful watch | |||
| Sir Cecil Beaton | 26 Jan 1980 | 00:33:22 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is photographer and designer Sir Cecil Beaton. Favourite track: Symphony No. 1 in C by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: Scrapbook Luxury: Cashmere Shawl | |||
| Dizzy Gillespie | 19 Jan 1980 | 00:30:03 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is jazz trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie. Favourite track: Parker's Mood by Charlie Parker All Stars Book: Baha'i Prayer Book Luxury: Trumpet | |||
| Sir Peter Parker | 12 Jan 1980 | 00:33:42 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is chairman of British Rail Sir Peter Parker. Favourite track: Oboe Quartet in F Major by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: The collected works by William Blake Luxury: Gold rail pass | |||
| Reginald Goodall | 05 Jan 1980 | 00:28:29 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Reginald Goodall. Favourite track: Prelude and Fugue No.1 in C by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Paradise Lost by John Milton Luxury: An English garden | |||
| Sir Osbert Lancaster | 22 Dec 1979 | 00:32:08 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is cartoonist Sir Osbert Lancaster. Favourite track: Ein' Feste Burg Ist Unser Gott by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon Luxury: Live sturgeon | |||
| Norman Mailer | 15 Dec 1979 | 00:31:59 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Norman Mailer. Favourite track: Symphony No. 3 in E Flat Major by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: Labyrinths by Jorge Luis Borges Luxury: Stick of the best marijuana | |||
| Elisabeth Soderstrom | 08 Dec 1979 | 00:32:21 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Elisabeth Soderstrom. Favourite track: The Age Of Gold by Dmitri Shostakovich Book: The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir Luxury: Bed | |||
| Charles Causley | 01 Dec 1979 | 00:31:57 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is poet Charles Causley. Favourite track: The Play Of Daniel Overture by Ensemble Hortus Musicus Book: Life of Johnson by James Boswell Luxury: Piano | |||
| Peter Shaffer | 24 Nov 1979 | 00:32:52 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is playwright Peter Shaffer. Favourite track: Piano Concerto No. 9 In E Flat by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon Luxury: Claude Monet, Dawn on the Seine | |||
| Michael Palin | 17 Nov 1979 | 00:30:47 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor and writer Michael Palin. Favourite track: Nimrod by Edward Elgar Book: Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray Luxury: Bed | |||
| Marti Caine | 10 Nov 1979 | 00:29:04 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is actress and musician Marti Caine. Favourite track: Coming Home by Marshall Hain Book: Glory Road by Robert Heinlein Luxury: Bath with solar-heated water and bubble bath | |||
| Sian Phillips | 03 Nov 1979 | 00:31:17 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Sian Phillips. Favourite track: Summer by Alexander Glazunov Book: Scouting For Boys by Robert Baden-Powell Luxury: Solar-powered refrigerator full of champagne | |||