Desert Island Discs: Archive 1966-1970
BBC
Guests are invited to choose the eight records they would take to a desert island
Location:
United Kingdom
Networks:
BBC
Description:
Guests are invited to choose the eight records they would take to a desert island
Language:
English
Episodes
Earl of Harewood
8/28/2024
Roy Plomley's castaway is writer and musician Earl of Harewood.
Favourite track: Quintet in C Major (Opus 163 D 956) by Franz Schubert Book: Encyclopaedia Luxury: Typewriter
Duration:00:23:44
Patience Strong
8/28/2024
Roy Plomley's castaway is poet Patience Strong.
Favourite track: A Midsummer Night's Dream (Scherzo) by Felix Mendelssohn Book: Complete works by William Wordsworth Luxury: Indian painting showing the Crucifixion
Duration:00:25:42
Andrew Cruickshank
8/28/2024
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Andrew Cruickshank.
Favourite track: The Twenty-Third Psalm by Glasgow Orpheus Choir Book: Journal by Søren Kierkegaard Luxury: Renoir's The Bar at the Folies Bergere
Duration:00:24:32
Bill Simpson
8/28/2024
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Bill Simpson.
Favourite track: Symphony No 5 in C Minor (Opus 67) by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: Songs and poems by Robert Burns Luxury: Sports equipment
Duration:00:22:00
Derek Oldham
8/28/2024
Roy Plomley's castaway is musician and comedian Derek Oldham.
Favourite track: Siegfried Idyll by Richard Wagner Book: Encyclopaedia Britannica Luxury: Insect repellent
Duration:00:23:06
Georg Solti
8/28/2024
Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Georg Solti.
Favourite track: Falstaff (Act 2 Scene 1) by Giuseppe Verdi Book: Faust by Johann Wolfgang Goethe Luxury: Michelangelo's The Last Judgement
Duration:00:24:14
Fenella Fielding
8/28/2024
Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Fenella Fielding.
Favourite track: Long Long Summer by Dizzy Gillespie Book: Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons Luxury: French silk-lined leather gloves
Duration:00:21:06
Dame Gladys Cooper
8/28/2024
Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Dame Gladys Cooper.
Favourite track: On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring by Frederick Delius Book: Anthology of poetry Luxury: Tape recorder
Duration:00:03:12
Louis Armstrong
8/28/2024
Roy Plomley's castaway is jazz trumpeter and singer Louis Armstrong.
Favourite track: Blueberry Hill by Louis Armstrong and his All Stars Book: His own autobiography Luxury: Trumpet
Duration:00:25:04
Marty Feldman
8/28/2024
Roy Plomley's castaway is scriptwriter Marty Feldman.
Favourite track: Concerto in D Minor for Oboe, Strings and Continuo (Opus 9 No 2) by Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni Book: The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery Luxury: Piano
Duration:00:23:43
Richard Baker
8/28/2024
Roy Plomley's castaway is newsreader Richard Baker.
Favourite track: Symphony No 40 in G Minor by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: Novels by Jane Austen Luxury: Bed
Duration:00:20:38
Sir Paul Gore-Booth
8/28/2024
Roy Plomley's castaway is Head of the Diplomatic Service Sir Paul Gore-Booth.
Favourite track: Piano Concerto No 20 in D Minor by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: Books by Mary Baker Eddy Luxury: Piano
Duration:00:23:33
Lieutenant Colonel C H Jaeger
8/28/2024
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
Duration:00:21:51
Sandy Powell
8/28/2024
Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian Sandy Powell.
Favourite track: Silent Night by Bing Crosby Book: My Autobiography by Charlie Chaplin Luxury: Violin
Duration:00:21:05
Arthur Askey
8/28/2024
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
Duration:00:22:01
Alan Pegler
8/28/2024
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
Duration:00:25:46
Sir Alec Rose
8/28/2024
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
Duration:00:24:35
Hetty King
8/28/2024
Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian and musician Hetty King.
Book: History of the world Luxury: Parrot
Duration:00:20:28
Dr Elsie Hall
8/28/2024
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
Duration:00:20:36
Alvar Lidell
8/28/2024
Roy Plomley's castaway is newsreader Alvar Lidell.
Favourite track: String Quintet in C by Franz Schubert Book: Oxford English Dictionary Luxury: Playing cards
Duration:00:25:29