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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| Elizabeth Harwood | 18 Mar 1972 | 00:07:45 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Elizabeth Harwood. Favourite track: For Unto Us A Child Is Born by George Frideric Handel Book: Survival manual Luxury: Constable landscape | |||
| 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 | |||
| Hammond Innes | 26 Feb 1972 | 00:10:04 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Hammond Innes. Favourite track: God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen by King's College Chapel Choir Book: The European Settlement of North America by Stanley Elliott Luxury: Guinness Book of Records | |||
| Michael Parkinson | 19 Feb 1972 | 00:09:56 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is broadcaster Michael Parkinson. Favourite track: Singin' In The Rain by Gene Kelly Book: Death In The Afternoon by Ernest Hemingway Luxury: Typewriter and paper | |||
| 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 | |||
| Stuart Burrows | 29 Jan 1972 | 00:08:41 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is tenor Stuart Burrows. Favourite track: O For The Wings Of A Dove by Felix Mendelssohn Book: The complete works by Oscar Wilde Luxury: Soap | |||
| Christopher Plummer | 15 Jan 1972 | 00:07:32 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Christopher Plummer. Favourite track: Symphony No. 10 In F Sharp by Gustav Mahler Book: Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne Luxury: Jeroboam of Taittinger Champagne | |||
| David Frost | 25 Dec 1971 | 00:09:04 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is broadcaster David Frost. Favourite track: Finlandia by Jean Sibelius Book: Set of Hansard Luxury: Paper and felt-tipped pens | |||
| Julia Trevelyan Oman | 18 Dec 1971 | 00:08:28 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is designer Julia Trevelyan Oman. Favourite track: Nimrod by Edward Elgar Book: Elizabeth R by Julia Trevelyan Oman Luxury: Seeds | |||
| 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 | |||
| Graham Kerr | 04 Dec 1971 | 00:09:57 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is cookery expert Graham Kerr. Favourite track: We Said We Wouldn't Look Back by Eleanor Drew & John Warner Book: Encyclopaedia of Ancient Civilisations Luxury: Wine | |||
| Steve Race | 27 Nov 1971 | 00:06:30 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is broadcaster Steve Race. Favourite track: Liebestod by Richard Wagner Book: Dictionary of Musical Themes Luxury: Pair of binoculars | |||
| 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 | |||
| Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Vivian Dunn | 06 Nov 1971 | 00:07:35 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is the former Musical Director of the Royal Marines Sir Vivian Dunn. Favourite track: Praise To The Holiest In The Height by Edward Elgar Book: Autobiography by Sir Winston Churchill Luxury: Piano, manuscript paper, pencils and a rubber | |||
| Dame Sibyl Hathaway | 23 Oct 1971 | 00:16:33 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is Dame of Sark Dame Sibyl Hathaway. Favourite track: Symphony No. 5 In C Sharp Minor by Gustav Mahler Book: History of England by Sir Keith Feiling Luxury: Canvas and tapestry tools | |||
| Ivy Benson | 16 Oct 1971 | 00:08:56 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is bandleader Ivy Benson. Favourite track: Oh Happy Day by Edwin Hawkins Singers Book: London Sparrow by Phyllis Thompson Luxury: Piano | |||
| Caterina Valente | 02 Oct 1971 | 00:08:13 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is musician and actress Caterina Valente. Favourite track: Concierto De Aranjuez by Joaquin Rodrigo Book: Novels by James Mitchener Luxury: English pub | |||
| Mollie Lee | 25 Sep 1971 | 00:07:19 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is Woman's Hour broadcaster Mollie Lee. Favourite track: Eugene Onegin by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Book: A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu by Marcel Proust Luxury: Typewriter and paper | |||
| David Shepherd | 11 Sep 1971 | 00:10:25 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is painter David Shepherd. Favourite track: Symphony No. 8 In E Flat Major by Gustav Mahler Book: Volume On Elementary Calculus Luxury: The Black Prince Steam Locomotive, canvases and oil paint | |||
| Sylva Stuart Watson | 21 Aug 1971 | 00:07:07 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is licensee of the Theatre Royal Sylva Stuart Watson. Favourite track: Gigue From French Suite No 5 by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Volumes on astronomy and astrology Luxury: Forty yards of flowered chintz, a needle & cotton | |||
| 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 | |||
| Richard Gordon | 14 Aug 1971 | 00:04:14 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Richard Gordon. Favourite track: A Small Town In Germany by Jock Strapp Ensemble Book: The Michelin Guide to France Luxury: Pin | |||
| Lorin Maazel | 31 Jul 1971 | 00:10:10 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Lorin Maazel. Favourite track: Quartet No. 14 In D Minor by Franz Schubert Book: The collected works by Epictetus Luxury: Chess set with a problem book | |||
| Laurence Whistler | 10 Jul 1971 | 00:07:37 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is glass engraver and poet Laurence Whistler. Favourite track: Piano Concerto No. 20 In D Minor by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: Come Hither by Walter de la Mare Luxury: Magnifying glass | |||
| 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 | |||
| Maurice Woodruff | 26 Jun 1971 | 00:02:02 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is clairvoyant Maurice Woodruff. Favourite track: Psalm 91 by Laurence Olivier Book: The Golden Treasury by Francis Palgrave Luxury: Writing materials | |||
| Clive Dunn | 19 Jun 1971 | 00:08:26 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Clive Dunn. Favourite track: Little Green Apples by Dionne Warwick Book: Encyclopaedia Luxury: Soap | |||
| 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 | |||
| Joyce Grenfell | 22 May 1971 | 00:10:40 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is actress and comedian Joyce Grenfell. Favourite track: Brandenburg Concerto No 6 In B Flat Major by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Science and Health, with a Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy Luxury: Writing materials | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| Clodagh Rodgers | 27 Mar 1971 | 00:07:39 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is pop singer Clodagh Rodgers. Favourite track: Watching and Waiting by The Moody Blues Book: The Godfather by Mario Puzo Luxury: Prawn cocktails | |||
| Sir Louis Gluckstein | 20 Mar 1971 | 00:06:57 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is president of Royal Albert Hall Sir Louis Gluckstein. Favourite track: Double Concerto in D Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Luxury: Four-poster bed | |||
| Patrick Cargill | 13 Mar 1971 | 00:11:25 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Patrick Cargill. Favourite track: We'll Meet Again by The Inkspots Book: The Spotlight Casting Directory Luxury: His Bentley car | |||
| Ludovic Kennedy | 06 Mar 1971 | 00:09:14 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is broadcaster Ludovic Kennedy. Favourite track: Giselle by London Symphony Orchestra Book: Poems by John Donne and Poems by George Herbert Luxury: Tartar sauce | |||
| Wendy Craig | 20 Feb 1971 | 00:09:33 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Wendy Craig. Favourite track: Oboe Concerto in C by Cimarosa/Benjamin Book: The complete works by Oscar Wilde Luxury: Toothbrushes | |||
| Harvey Smith | 13 Feb 1971 | 00:06:42 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is showjumper Harvey Smith. Favourite track: Lara's Theme by Jarre Book: A selection to sample Luxury: Radio receiver | |||
| Laurie Lee | 01 Feb 1971 | 00:04:49 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is poet and writer Laurie Lee. Favourite track: String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: The Atlantic Book of British and American Poetry by Edith Sitwell Luxury: Materials for making wine or beer | |||
| Madame (Lilian) Stiles-Allen | 23 Jan 1971 | 00:06:18 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Madame (Lilian) Stiles-Allen. Favourite track: Liebestod by Richard Wagner Book: The Science of Mind by Ernest Holmes Luxury: Piano | |||
| Robert Bolt | 16 Jan 1971 | 00:11:14 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is playwright Robert Bolt. Favourite track: Clarinet Quintet In A Major by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: Novels by P G Wodehouse Luxury: Writing materials | |||
| James Fitton | 09 Jan 1971 | 00:12:13 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is painter James Fitton. Favourite track: Thou That Sitteth At The Right Hand Of God The Father by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Encyclopaedia Luxury: Painting materials | |||
| 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 | |||
| John Lill | 24 Oct 1970 | 00:06:29 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is concert pianist John Lill. Favourite track: Symphony No 9 by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: Modern chess openings Luxury: Piano | |||
| Sari Barabas | 17 Oct 1970 | 00:04:47 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is singer Sari Barabas. Favourite track: The Singer's Aria (Der Rosenkavalier) by Richard Strauss Book: Works by Leo Slezak Luxury: Knitting needles and wool | |||
| Harry Carpenter | 26 Sep 1970 | 00:05:19 | |
Roy Plomley's castaway is commentator Harry Carpenter. Favourite track: Symphony No 9 by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: Encyclopaedia Britannica Luxury: Guitar | |||