Desert Island Discs: Archive 1976-1980

Desert Island Discs: Archive 1976-1980

BBC

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

39 minutes 42 seconds

Clive James

Roy Plomley's castaway is broadcaster and writer Clive James.
Favourite track: Baby Love by Diana Ross and The Supremes Book: Book about how to build a plane out of palm fronds and coconut fibre by Willy Messerschmitt Luxury: Space invaders

16 February 2017, 5:47 pm
34 minutes 40 seconds

Placido Domingo

Roy Plomley's castaway is tenor Placido Domingo.
Favourite track: Otello by Giuseppe Verdi Book: Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Luxury: Video player and cassettes of his own performances

27 December 1980, 6:25 pm
33 minutes 57 seconds

Arthur Askey

Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian Arthur Askey.
Favourite track: Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Book: Guinness Book of Records Luxury: Piano

20 December 1980, 6:25 pm
34 minutes 42 seconds

Neville Marriner

Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Neville Marriner.
Favourite track: There Is No Rose by King's College Chapel Choir Book: Life On Earth by David Attenborough Luxury: Violin

13 December 1980, 6:25 pm
30 minutes 55 seconds

Jose Carreras

Roy Plomley's castaway is tenor Jose Carreras.
Favourite track: Your Tiny Hand is Frozen (Che gelida manina) (from La Boheme) by Giacomo Puccini Book: Poems by Rabindranath Tagore Luxury: Velazquez, Les Hilanderas

6 December 1980, 6:25 pm
33 minutes 47 seconds

Tom Conti

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Tom Conti.
Favourite track: Dies Irae by Giuseppe Verdi Book: Summerhill by A S Neill Luxury: Piano

22 November 1980, 6:25 pm
34 minutes 1 second

Mark Elder

Roy Plomley's castaway is musical director of the English National Opera Mark Elder.
Favourite track: I Used To Be Colour Blind by Fred Astaire Book: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy Luxury: Sherry

8 November 1980, 6:25 pm
34 minutes 56 seconds

Derek Tangye

Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Derek Tangye.
Favourite track: Symphony No. 2 in E Minor by Sergei Rachmaninov Book: A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu by Marcel Proust Luxury: Astronomical telescope

1 November 1980, 6:25 pm
40 minutes 5 seconds

Catherine Gaskin

Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Catherine Gaskin.
Favourite track: String Quartet in C Sharp Minor by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: The Story of Civilization by William Durant Luxury: Piano

25 October 1980, 5:15 pm
30 minutes 50 seconds

Brian Glover

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor and playwright Brian Glover.
Favourite track: Like A Rolling Stone by Bob Dylan Book: Card Games by John Scarne Luxury: MGTD 2952 car

18 October 1980, 5:25 pm
34 minutes 28 seconds

Sir John Tooley

Roy Plomley's castaway is the General Administrator of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Sir John Tooley
Favourite track: The Marriage Of Figaro (Act 2 Finale) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: The Oxford Book of English Verse Luxury: Sugared apricots

11 October 1980, 5:25 pm
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