Desert Island Discs: Fragment Archive 1970-1986 Podcast Episodes Online

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Julian Bream

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...

32:49Jul 9, 1983

Rosamond Lehmann

Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Rosamond Lehmann. Favourite track: Nunc Dimittis by Burgon Book: Letters by Marquise de Sevigne Luxury: Wri...

29:29Nov 13, 1982

N.Busch, J.Kuchmy, M.Parry, M.Wilson

Roy Plomley's castaways are members of the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Book: Books by Hector Berlioz, Charles Dickens, Hugh Johnson and a...

31:05Oct 9, 1982

Helene Hanff

Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Helene Hanff. Favourite track: In Tears Of Grief by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Memoirs by Louis De Rouvroy...

32:38Dec 19, 1981

Alan Howard

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Alan Howard. Favourite track: Symphony No. 15 In D by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: Piano manual Luxury: Piano

29:10Dec 5, 1981

James Clavell

Roy Plomley's castaway is novelist James Clavell. Favourite track: The Impossible Dream by Roberta Flack Book: The Koran

33:42Nov 14, 1981

Joseph Cotten

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Joseph Cotten. Favourite track: Symphony No. 1 in C Minor by Johannes Brahms Book: Gardening manual Luxury:...

32:47Oct 30, 1981

Elspeth Huxley

Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Elspeth Huxley. Favourite track: Piano Concerto in A Minor by Edvard Grieg Book: Novels by P G Wodehouse Lu...

27:46Oct 17, 1981

Terry Hands

Roy Plomley's castaway is producer Terry Hands. Favourite track: String Quartet in C by Franz Joseph Haydn Book: Dictionary Luxury: Cello

29:31Aug 8, 1981

Gillian Lynne

Roy Plomley's castaway is director Gillian Lynne. Favourite track: Concerto For Double String Orchestra by Michael Tippett Book: French lang...

31:40Jul 11, 1981

Eric Shilling

Roy Plomley's castaway is bass singer Eric Shilling. Favourite track: Deh Vieni Non Tardar by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: Collin's Albatro...

33:50May 30, 1981

Edmund Rubbra

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...

34:43May 23, 1981

Alan Minter

Roy Plomley's castaway is boxer Alan Minter. Favourite track: My Way by Frank Sinatra Book: Survival manual Luxury: Solar-powered transistor...

30:22Nov 29, 1980

Jacquetta Hawkes

Roy Plomley's castaway is archaeologist Jacquetta Hawkes. Favourite track: Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in A Major by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Boo...

29:30Nov 15, 1980

Antal Dorati

Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Antal Dorati. Favourite track: Rondo Capriccioso by Felix Mendelssohn Book: The Golden Man by Yokoi Luxu...

25:37Sep 13, 1980

Daley Thompson

Roy Plomley's castaway is World Champion decathlete Daley Thompson. Favourite track: Unchained Melody by George Benson Book: Novels by John...

19:42Jul 19, 1980

Freddie Jones

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Freddie Jones. Book: The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame Luxury: Liebig condenser for distilling gin

33:31Jun 7, 1980

Robert Tear

Roy Plomley's castaway is tenor Robert Tear. Favourite track: Concerto For Double String Orchestra by Michael Tippett Book: The Wisdom of In...

23:15May 31, 1980

Salvatore Accardo

Roy Plomley's castaway is violinist Salvatore Accardo. Favourite track: Che Faro Senza Euridice by Christoph Willibald Ritter von Gluck Book...

32:21Apr 26, 1980

Donald Pleasence

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Donald Pleasence. Favourite track: Dies Irae by Giuseppe Verdi Book: The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoy...

28:01Mar 29, 1980

Frances Perry

Roy Plomley's castaway is horticulturalist Frances Perry. Favourite track: Stars and Stripes Forever by Royal Military School Of Music Band...

28:22Mar 22, 1980

Susannah York

Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Susannah York. Favourite track: Concerto in D Minor For Violin, Oboe and String Orchestra by Johann Sebast...

25:07Mar 1, 1980

Kyung-Wha Chung

Roy Plomley's castaway is violinist Kyung-Wha Chung. Favourite track: Cello Suite No. 5 In C Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Siddhartha...

30:13Dec 29, 1979

Pam Ayres

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 Jac...

29:09Sep 29, 1979

Ted Allbeury

Roy Plomley's castaway is thriller writer Ted Allbeury. Favourite track: Love Is The Sweetest Thing by Al Bowlly, Ray Noble and his Orchestr...

23:36Sep 22, 1979

Richard Buckle

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'...

24:54Sep 15, 1979

Patricia Batty Shaw

Roy Plomley's castaway is Chairwoman of the WI Patricia Batty Shaw. Favourite track: Finlandia by Jean Sibelius Book: Civilisation by Kennet...

24:38Jul 22, 1978

Phil Drabble

Roy Plomley's castaway is naturalist Phil Drabble. Favourite track: Recording Of The Song Of The Blackbird Book: Shorthand instruction book...

22:20Dec 10, 1977

Tolchard Evans

Roy Plomley's castaway is composer Tolchard Evans. Favourite track: Lady Of Spain by Capital Symphony Book: Candide by Voltaire Luxury: Manu...

23:05Aug 30, 1976

Sherrill Milnes

Roy Plomley's castaway is baritone Sherrill Milnes. Favourite track: Symphony No 9 by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: Twenty-Five Years of New Yo...

17:36Jan 10, 1976

Julia Foster

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Julia Foster. Favourite track: And So I Love You by Bobby Goldsboro Book: Dictionary of Quotations Luxury: T...

16:49Jan 3, 1976

Margaret Price

Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Margaret Price. Favourite track: Liebestod by Richard Wagner Book: Pacific Cookbook by Victor Sperandeo Lu...

6:09Dec 13, 1975

Ron Moody

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor and comedian Ron Moody. Favourite track: Sparky's Magic Piano by Henry Blair & Verne Smith Book: A History o...

8:00Nov 29, 1975

Vince Hill

Roy Plomley's castaway is musician Vince Hill. Favourite track: Fountains Of Rome by Respighi Book: Do-it-yourself manual Luxury: Turner's S...

8:24Nov 15, 1975

Stanley Holloway

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...

22:30Oct 27, 1975

Doris Hare

Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Doris Hare. Favourite track: Fantasia On Greensleeves by Ralph Vaughan Williams Book: Dictionary of Quotat...

10:26Oct 11, 1975

Robert Robinson

Roy Plomley's castaway is broadcaster Robert Robinson. Favourite track: Anna Livia Plurabelle by James Joyce Book: The Pickwick Papers by Ch...

6:00Aug 18, 1975

Dave Allen

Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian Dave Allen. Favourite track: Canon In D by Johann Pachelbel Book: Ballard of Reading Gaol by Oscar Wilde...

10:29Jul 12, 1975

Patricia Hayes

Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Patricia Hayes. Favourite track: Nocturne No. 8 In D Flat (Opus 72) by Frédéric Chopin Book: Kristin Laura...

22:18Apr 21, 1975

Duncan Grant

Roy Plomley's castaway is painter Duncan Grant. Favourite track: L'Incoronazione Di Poppea by Claudio Monteverdi Book: The collected works b...

11:29Mar 15, 1975

Jilly Cooper

Roy Plomley's castaway is writer and journalist Jilly Cooper. Favourite track: Mir Ist So Wunderbar by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: Dance to t...

7:51Mar 8, 1975

Valerie Masterson

Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Valerie Masterson. Favourite track: Symphony in D Minor by César Franck Book: Survival manual Luxury: Beau...

13:50Feb 24, 1975

Bernard Hailstone

Roy Plomley's castaway is portrait painter Bernard Hailstone. Favourite track: Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F Major by Johann Sebastian Bac...

8:37Jan 25, 1975

Percy Press

Roy Plomley's castaway is Punch and Judy man Percy Press. Favourite track: A Midsummer Nights Dream by Felix Mendelssohn Book: Three Men in...

19:19Dec 28, 1974

Angela Baddeley

Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Angela Baddeley. Favourite track: Liebestod by Richard Wagner Book: Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll L...

8:45Dec 21, 1974

Oliver Reed

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 Lu...

6:36Nov 30, 1974

Bruce Tulloh

Roy Plomley's castaway is long-distance runner Bruce Tulloh. Favourite track: A Felicidade by Antonio Carlos Jobim Book: Pride and Prejudice...

10:11Nov 23, 1974

Denholm Elliott

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Denholm Elliott. Favourite track: Kyrie A 4 by John Taverner Book: Survival manual Luxury: Still

10:30Sep 14, 1974

Roland Culver

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 En...

9:23Aug 3, 1974

James Stewart

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor James Stewart. Favourite track: Dream by The Pied Pipers Book: Musical arrangements by Dave Brubeck Luxury:...

24:11May 27, 1974