Desert Island Discs: Archive 1971-1975

BBC

Guests are invited to choose the eight records they would take to a desert island

  • 20 minutes 32 seconds
    Bing Crosby

    Roy Plomley's castaway is singer Bing Crosby.

    Favourite track: South Rampart Street Parade by Bob Crosby and his Bobcats Book: Roget's Thesaurus by Roget Luxury: Guitar

    29 December 1975, 8:03 pm
  • 22 minutes 30 seconds
    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 musical plays of the last century Luxury: Manicure and pedicure set

    27 October 1975, 8:03 pm
  • 23 minutes 44 seconds
    John Julius Norwich

    Roy Plomley's castaway is producer John Julius Norwich.

    Favourite track: Mir Ist So Wunderbar by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon Luxury: Writing materials

    20 October 1975, 7:03 pm
  • 24 minutes 56 seconds
    C P Snow

    Roy Plomley's castaway is writer C P Snow.

    Favourite track: Henry IV Part II (Act 3, Scene 2) by William Shakespeare Book: Russian grammar Luxury: Writing materials

    2 August 1975, 6:00 pm
  • 22 minutes 41 seconds
    Anthony Dowell

    Roy Plomley's castaway is dancer Anthony Dowell.

    Favourite track: The Prince Of The Pagodas by Benjamin Britten Book: The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame Luxury: Radio receiver

    28 July 1975, 7:03 pm
  • 26 minutes 3 seconds
    Helen Bradley

    Roy Plomley's castaway is painter Helen Bradley.

    Favourite track: Trois Gymnopédies by Satie Book: A great tome on the law Luxury: A soap that kills mosquitoes

    5 July 1975, 6:00 pm
  • 21 minutes 24 seconds
    John Arlott

    Roy Plomley's castaway is cricket commentator John Arlott.

    Favourite track: Fern Hill by Dylan Thomas Book: Tristram Shandy by Laurence Sterne Luxury: Champagne

    19 May 1975, 7:15 pm
  • 25 minutes 31 seconds
    Ben Travers

    Roy Plomley's castaway is farce writer Ben Travers.

    Favourite track: My Love Parade by Maurice Chevalier Book: The collected works by Robert Browning Luxury: Pipes and tobacco

    10 May 1975, 6:00 pm
  • 22 minutes 18 seconds
    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 Lauransdatter by Sigrid Undset Luxury: Four-poster bed

    21 April 1975, 7:15 pm
  • 23 minutes 52 seconds
    Sir John Betjeman

    Roy Plomley's castaway is Poet Laureate Sir John Betjeman.

    Favourite track: Ombra Mai Fù by George Frideric Handel Book: The Golden Treasury by Francis Palgrave Luxury: Champagne

    12 April 1975, 6:00 pm
  • 25 minutes 42 seconds
    Emlyn Williams

    Roy Plomley's castaway is actor and playwright Emlyn Williams.

    Favourite track: Elizabethan Serenade by Ron Goodwin and his Orchestra Book: Dictionary Luxury: Typewriter, pen, paper

    15 February 1975, 7:00 pm
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