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Desert Island Discs: Fragment Archive 1970-1986

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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

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