Desert Island Discs: Archive 1966-1970

  • Author: Vários
  • Narrator: Vários
  • Publisher: Podcast
  • Duration: 11:57:45
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Synopsis

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

Episodes

  • Quentin Poole

    26/12/1970 Duration: 21min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is head chorister Quentin Poole.Favourite track: Mariner Man by William Walton Book: Novels by Agatha Christie Luxury: Flute and music

  • Joan Hammond

    27/07/1970 Duration: 27min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Joan Hammond.Favourite track: Piano Concerto No. 5 In F by Jeanne Marie Darre Book: The Oxford English Dictionary Luxury: Toothbrush and toothpaste

  • Nyree Dawn Porter

    30/03/1970 Duration: 22min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Nyree Dawn Porter.Favourite track: Brief Lives by Roy Dotrice Book: The Thurber Carnival by James Thurber Luxury: Umbrella

  • Isidore Godfrey

    07/02/1970 Duration: 23min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Isidore Godfrey.Favourite track: Symphony in D Minor by César Franck Book: The scores of the symphonies by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Luxury: Piano

  • Val Doonican

    19/01/1970 Duration: 19min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is singer Val Doonican.Favourite track: Scarborough Fair by Simon & Garfunkel Book: A Big Anthology Luxury: Guitar

  • Viscount Montgomery of Alamein

    20/12/1969 Duration: 26min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is field marshal Viscount Montgomery of Alamein.Favourite track: Sei Nicht Bos (from Der Obersteiger) by Carl Zeller Book: The History of Warfare by Viscount Montgomery of Alamein Luxury: Piano

  • Dudley Moore

    15/11/1969 Duration: 20min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian, actor and pianist Dudley Moore.Favourite track: Symphony No 3 in E Flat Major (Opus 55) by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: Study of psychology Luxury: Piano

  • Anthony Grey

    01/11/1969 Duration: 19min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is foreign correspondent Anthony Grey.Favourite track: Concerto Grosso in C Major by George Frideric Handel Book: Dictionary Luxury: Book stall in Victoria station

  • Raymond Mays

    25/10/1969 Duration: 21min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is car designer and former racer Raymond Mays.Favourite track: Love Will Find a Way by Jose Collins Book: Gaiety, Theatre of Enchantment by W MacQueen-Pope Luxury: Umbrella

  • Henry Williamson

    11/10/1969 Duration: 22min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Henry Williamson.Favourite track: Tristan und Isolde (Act 3) by Richard Wagner Book: The Story of My Heart by Richard Jefferies Luxury: Cor anglais

  • Peter Pears

    21/07/1969 Duration: 26min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is tenor Peter Pears.Favourite track: Moonlight (from Peter Grimes) by Benjamin Britten Book: Tropical Plants and Their Cultivation by Louis Bruggeman Luxury: Bed

  • Evelyn Laye

    23/06/1969 Duration: 23min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is actress and singer Evelyn Laye.Favourite track: There Are Bad Times Just Around the Corner by Noel Coward Book: White Magic by Alice Bailey Luxury: Cosmetics

  • Alvar Lidell

    05/05/1969 Duration: 25min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is newsreader Alvar Lidell.Favourite track: String Quintet in C by Franz Schubert Book: Oxford English Dictionary Luxury: Playing cards

  • Dr Elsie Hall

    28/04/1969 Duration: 20min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is pianist Dr Elsie Hall.Favourite track: Symphony No 1 in C Minor by Johannes Brahms Book: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy Luxury: Billiard table, cue and balls

  • Hetty King

    14/04/1969 Duration: 20min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian and musician Hetty King.Book: History of the world Luxury: Parrot

  • Sir Alec Rose

    07/04/1969 Duration: 24min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is round-the-world sailor Sir Alec Rose.Favourite track: The Lord's Prayer by Eric Rogers Chorale and Orchestra Book: History of England Luxury: Radio receiver

  • Alan Pegler

    13/01/1969 Duration: 25min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is owner of the Flying Scotsman Alan Pegler.Favourite track: Water Music Suite by George Frideric Handel Book: Complete Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Luxury: Insect repellent

  • Arthur Askey

    23/12/1968 Duration: 22min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian Arthur Askey.Favourite track: Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Book: Golf instruction book Luxury: Golf clubs and balls

  • Sandy Powell

    25/11/1968 Duration: 21min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian Sandy Powell.Favourite track: Silent Night by Bing Crosby Book: My Autobiography by Charlie Chaplin Luxury: Violin

  • Lieutenant Colonel C H Jaeger

    18/11/1968 Duration: 21min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is Senior Director of Music Lieutenant Colonel C H Jaeger.Favourite track: Suite No 3 in D Major by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Anthology of modern British poetry Luxury: Chess set

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