Explore every episode of the podcast Desert Island Discs: Fragment Archive 1970-1986
| Title | Pub. Date | Duration | |
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| Julian Bream | 09 Jul 1983 | 00:32:49 | |
Julian Bream first played the guitar on radio in Children's Hour when he was only 13. This led to guest appearances in a series on the Light Programme, and so his career took off. Before long he also took up the lute and played his part in the revival of interest in early music. In conversation with Roy Plomley, he talks about his long career and chooses the eight records he would take to the mythical island. [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] | |||
| Rosamond Lehmann | 13 Nov 1982 | 00:29:29 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Rosamond Lehmann. Favourite track: Nunc Dimittis by Burgon Book: Letters by Marquise de Sevigne Luxury: Writing Materials | |||
| N.Busch, J.Kuchmy, M.Parry, M.Wilson | 09 Oct 1982 | 00:31:05 | |
Roy Plomley's castaways are members of the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Book: Books by Hector Berlioz, Charles Dickens, Hugh Johnson and a cookery book Luxury: Razor and shaving soap, a video player with a tape of Laurel & Hardy, wine and a violin | |||
| Helene Hanff | 19 Dec 1981 | 00:32:38 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Helene Hanff. Favourite track: In Tears Of Grief by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Memoirs by Louis De Rouvroy Luxury: Scrabble | |||
| Alan Howard | 05 Dec 1981 | 00:29:10 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Alan Howard. Favourite track: Symphony No. 15 In D by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: Piano manual Luxury: Piano | |||
| James Clavell | 14 Nov 1981 | 00:33:42 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is novelist James Clavell. Favourite track: The Impossible Dream by Roberta Flack Book: The Koran | |||
| Joseph Cotten | 30 Oct 1981 | 00:32:47 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Joseph Cotten. Favourite track: Symphony No. 1 in C Minor by Johannes Brahms Book: Gardening manual Luxury: Boat building book | |||
| Elspeth Huxley | 17 Oct 1981 | 00:27:46 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Elspeth Huxley. Favourite track: Piano Concerto in A Minor by Edvard Grieg Book: Novels by P G Wodehouse Luxury: Camera and film | |||
| Terry Hands | 08 Aug 1981 | 00:29:31 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is producer Terry Hands. Favourite track: String Quartet in C by Franz Joseph Haydn Book: Dictionary Luxury: Cello | |||
| Gillian Lynne | 11 Jul 1981 | 00:31:40 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is director Gillian Lynne. Favourite track: Concerto For Double String Orchestra by Michael Tippett Book: French language course Luxury: Eyelash curlers | |||
| Eric Shilling | 30 May 1981 | 00:33:50 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is bass singer Eric Shilling. Favourite track: Deh Vieni Non Tardar by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: Collin's Albatross Book of Verse by Louis Untermeyer Luxury: Astronomical telescope | |||
| Edmund Rubbra | 23 May 1981 | 00:34:43 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is composer Edmund Rubbra. Favourite track: Symphony No .9 In C by Franz Schubert Book: Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne Luxury: Music manuscript paper | |||
| Alan Minter | 29 Nov 1980 | 00:30:22 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is boxer Alan Minter. Favourite track: My Way by Frank Sinatra Book: Survival manual Luxury: Solar-powered transistor radio | |||
| Jacquetta Hawkes | 15 Nov 1980 | 00:29:30 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is archaeologist Jacquetta Hawkes. Favourite track: Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in A Major by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: Collected works by Johann Wolfgang Goethe Luxury: Wine | |||
| Antal Dorati | 13 Sep 1980 | 00:25:37 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Antal Dorati. Favourite track: Rondo Capriccioso by Felix Mendelssohn Book: The Golden Man by Yokoi Luxury: Italian landscape drawing from his collection | |||
| Daley Thompson | 19 Jul 1980 | 00:19:42 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is World Champion decathlete Daley Thompson. Favourite track: Unchained Melody by George Benson Book: Novels by John Wyndham Luxury: Guitar and instruction book | |||
| Freddie Jones | 07 Jun 1980 | 00:33:31 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Freddie Jones. Book: The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame Luxury: Liebig condenser for distilling gin | |||
| Robert Tear | 31 May 1980 | 00:23:15 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is tenor Robert Tear. Favourite track: Concerto For Double String Orchestra by Michael Tippett Book: The Wisdom of Insecurity by Alan Watts Luxury: Postcards of paintings with poems on the back | |||
| Salvatore Accardo | 26 Apr 1980 | 00:32:21 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is violinist Salvatore Accardo. Favourite track: Che Faro Senza Euridice by Christoph Willibald Ritter von Gluck Book: The Odyssey by Homer Luxury: Violin and strings | |||
| Donald Pleasence | 29 Mar 1980 | 00:28:01 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Donald Pleasence. Favourite track: Dies Irae by Giuseppe Verdi Book: The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky and Crime & Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky Luxury: Writing materials | |||
| Frances Perry | 22 Mar 1980 | 00:28:22 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is horticulturalist Frances Perry. Favourite track: Stars and Stripes Forever by Royal Military School Of Music Band and Trumpeters Book: Survival manual Luxury: Lamp with solar batteries | |||
| Susannah York | 01 Mar 1980 | 00:25:07 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Susannah York. Favourite track: Concerto in D Minor For Violin, Oboe and String Orchestra by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Italian Touring Atlas of the World Luxury: Pencils and paper | |||
| Kyung-Wha Chung | 29 Dec 1979 | 00:30:13 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is violinist Kyung-Wha Chung. Favourite track: Cello Suite No. 5 In C Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse Luxury: Mixed flower seeds | |||
| Pam Ayres | 29 Sep 1979 | 00:29:09 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is poet and broadcaster Pam Ayres. Favourite track: The New St George by John & Chris Leslie Book: The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth Luxury: Large basket of sugared almonds | |||
| Ted Allbeury | 22 Sep 1979 | 00:23:36 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is thriller writer Ted Allbeury. Favourite track: Love Is The Sweetest Thing by Al Bowlly, Ray Noble and his Orchestra Book: The Unquiet Grave by Cyril Connolly Luxury: Writing paper and pencils | |||
| Richard Buckle | 15 Sep 1979 | 00:24:54 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is writer and critic Richard Buckle. Favourite track: Piano Quintet In A Major by Franz Schubert Book: Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy Luxury: Paper and pencils | |||
| Patricia Batty Shaw | 22 Jul 1978 | 00:24:38 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is Chairwoman of the WI Patricia Batty Shaw. Favourite track: Finlandia by Jean Sibelius Book: Civilisation by Kenneth Clarke Luxury: Selection of herbs | |||
| Phil Drabble | 10 Dec 1977 | 00:22:20 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is naturalist Phil Drabble. Favourite track: Recording Of The Song Of The Blackbird Book: Shorthand instruction book with paper and pens Luxury: Set of bird-ringing tools, including rings | |||
| Tolchard Evans | 30 Aug 1976 | 00:23:05 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is composer Tolchard Evans. Favourite track: Lady Of Spain by Capital Symphony Book: Candide by Voltaire Luxury: Manuscript paper and pens | |||
| Sherrill Milnes | 10 Jan 1976 | 00:17:36 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is baritone Sherrill Milnes. Favourite track: Symphony No 9 by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: Twenty-Five Years of New Yorker Cartoons Luxury: Herrings in sour cream | |||
| Julia Foster | 03 Jan 1976 | 00:16:49 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Julia Foster. Favourite track: And So I Love You by Bobby Goldsboro Book: Dictionary of Quotations Luxury: Tapestry-making kit | |||
| Margaret Price | 13 Dec 1975 | 00:06:09 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Margaret Price. Favourite track: Liebestod by Richard Wagner Book: Pacific Cookbook by Victor Sperandeo Luxury: Perfume | |||
| Ron Moody | 29 Nov 1975 | 00:08:00 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor and comedian Ron Moody. Favourite track: Sparky's Magic Piano by Henry Blair & Verne Smith Book: A History of Western Philosophy by Bertrand Russell Luxury: Oil painting | |||
| Vince Hill | 15 Nov 1975 | 00:08:24 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is musician Vince Hill. Favourite track: Fountains Of Rome by Respighi Book: Do-it-yourself manual Luxury: Turner's Seascape | |||
| 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 | |||
| Doris Hare | 11 Oct 1975 | 00:10:26 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Doris Hare. Favourite track: Fantasia On Greensleeves by Ralph Vaughan Williams Book: Dictionary of Quotations Luxury: Piano | |||
| Robert Robinson | 18 Aug 1975 | 00:06:00 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is broadcaster Robert Robinson. Favourite track: Anna Livia Plurabelle by James Joyce Book: The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens Luxury: White Burgundy | |||
| Dave Allen | 12 Jul 1975 | 00:10:29 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian Dave Allen. Favourite track: Canon In D by Johann Pachelbel Book: Ballard of Reading Gaol by Oscar Wilde Luxury: Painting by Van Hook | |||
| Patricia Hayes | 21 Apr 1975 | 00:22:18 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Patricia Hayes. Favourite track: Nocturne No. 8 In D Flat (Opus 72) by Frédéric Chopin Book: Kristin Lauransdatter by Sigrid Undset Luxury: Four-poster bed | |||
| Duncan Grant | 15 Mar 1975 | 00:11:29 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is painter Duncan Grant. Favourite track: L'Incoronazione Di Poppea by Claudio Monteverdi Book: The collected works by Jane Austen Luxury: Artists' materials | |||
| Jilly Cooper | 08 Mar 1975 | 00:07:51 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is writer and journalist Jilly Cooper. Favourite track: Mir Ist So Wunderbar by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: Dance to the Music of Time by Anthony Powell Luxury: Notebooks and pens | |||
| Valerie Masterson | 24 Feb 1975 | 00:13:50 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Valerie Masterson. Favourite track: Symphony in D Minor by César Franck Book: Survival manual Luxury: Beauty products | |||
| Bernard Hailstone | 25 Jan 1975 | 00:08:37 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is portrait painter Bernard Hailstone. Favourite track: Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F Major by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: In Search of the Miraculous by Peter Ouspensky Luxury: Radio receiver | |||
| Percy Press | 28 Dec 1974 | 00:19:19 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is Punch and Judy man Percy Press. Favourite track: A Midsummer Nights Dream by Felix Mendelssohn Book: Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K Jerome Luxury: Pair Of Binoculars | |||
| Angela Baddeley | 21 Dec 1974 | 00:08:45 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Angela Baddeley. Favourite track: Liebestod by Richard Wagner Book: Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll Luxury: Portrait of her husband | |||
| Oliver Reed | 30 Nov 1974 | 00:06:36 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Oliver Reed. Favourite track: Jardins Sous La Pluie by Claude Debussy Book: Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne Luxury: Inflatable rubber woman | |||
| Bruce Tulloh | 23 Nov 1974 | 00:10:11 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is long-distance runner Bruce Tulloh. Favourite track: A Felicidade by Antonio Carlos Jobim Book: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Luxury: Harmonica | |||
| Denholm Elliott | 14 Sep 1974 | 00:10:30 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Denholm Elliott. Favourite track: Kyrie A 4 by John Taverner Book: Survival manual Luxury: Still | |||
| Roland Culver | 03 Aug 1974 | 00:09:23 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Roland Culver. Favourite track: Piano Concerto No 2 in B Flat by Johannes Brahms Book: The Oxford Book of English Verse Luxury: Painting materials | |||
| 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 | |||