Sinopsis
Guests are invited to choose the eight records they would take to a desert island
Episodios
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Anna Raeburn
27/05/1978 Duración: 28minRoy Plomley's castaway is writer and broadcaster Anna Raeburn.Favourite track: Amazing Grace by Aretha Franklin Book: Daughter of the Earth by Agnes Smedley Luxury: Indian tea
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Rt. Hon. Lord Shinwell
20/05/1978 Duración: 29minRoy Plomley's castaway is politician the Rt Hon Lord Shinwell.Favourite track: I Belong To Glasgow by Will Fyffe Book: The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Luxury: Whisky
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Sir Lennox Berkeley
13/05/1978 Duración: 30minRoy Plomley's castaway is composer Sir Lennox Berkeley.Favourite track: Petite Symphonie Concertante by Frank Martin Book: The New Oxford Book of English Verse Luxury: Painting of a restaurant on the banks of the Marne
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Charles Aznavour
06/05/1978 Duración: 27minRoy Plomley's castaway is musician and actor Charles Aznavour.Favourite track: Kalinka by Red Army Ensemble Book: French dictionary Luxury: Tape recorder
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Itzhak Perlman
29/04/1978 Duración: 30minRoy Plomley's castaway is violinist Itzhak Perlman.Favourite track: Ich Habe Genug by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky Luxury: Violin, strings and case
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Robert Hardy
22/04/1978 Duración: 31minRoy Plomley's castaway is actor Robert Hardy.Favourite track: String Quartet No. 13 in B Flat Major by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: French dictionary Luxury: Greek sculpture of a female head
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Sir John Glubb
15/04/1978 Duración: 30minRoy Plomley's castaway is writer Sir John Glubb.Favourite track: Serenade In G Major by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: Other Men's Flowers by Lord A P Wavell Luxury: Paper and ballpoint pens
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Les Dawson
08/04/1978 Duración: 26minRoy Plomley's castaway is comedian Les Dawson.Favourite track: Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte by Maurice Ravel Book: Trustee From The Toolroom by Nevil Shute Luxury: Piece of Georgian furniture
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Felicity Kendal
01/04/1978 Duración: 28minRoy Plomley's castaway is actress Felicity Kendal.Favourite track: Violin Concerto in D Major by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: Plays and Prefaces by George Bernard Shaw Luxury: Perfume
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David Wall
25/03/1978 Duración: 28minRoy Plomley's castaway is ballet dancer David Wall.Favourite track: Kullervo Symphony by Jean Sibelius Book: Book on Claude Monet Luxury: Carbonated-drink maker and supply of flavourings
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George MacDonald Fraser
18/03/1978 Duración: 29minRoy Plomley's castaway is writer George MacDonald Fraser.Favourite track: Theme From The Adventures Of Robin Hood by National Philharmonic Orchestra Book: The Oxford English Dictionary Luxury: Typewriter, spare ribbons and paper
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Rt Rev. And Rt Hon. Gerald Ellison
11/03/1978 Duración: 29minRoy Plomley's castaway is Bishop of London Gerald Ellison.Favourite track: Symphony No. 1 in A Flat by Edward Elgar Book: Music Criticisms 1888-89 by George Bernard Shaw Luxury: Trombone
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Professor J H Plumb
25/02/1978 Duración: 28minRoy Plomley's castaway is historian Professor J H Plumb.Favourite track: Piano Concerto No. 4 In G Major by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: Correspondence by Voltaire Luxury: Dozen cases of Chateau Latour '61
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Rt Hon. Margaret Thatcher
18/02/1978 Duración: 29minRoy Plomley's castaway is Leader of the Opposition the Rt Hon Margaret Thatcher.Favourite track: Piano Concerto No. 5 In E Flat Major by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: Survival manual Luxury: Photo album of her children
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Amadeus String Quartet
11/02/1978 Duración: 31minRoy Plomley's castaways are the musicians the Amadeus String Quartet.Book: A la Recherche du Temps Perdu by Marcel Proust and Instrument-making and Divine Comedy (in Italian with dictionary) by Dante Alighieri and War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy Luxury: Projector, viola, radio, paper and pencils
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Spike Milligan
04/02/1978 Duración: 26minRoy Plomley's castaway is comedian Spike Milligan.Favourite track: Yesterday by The Beatles Book: Future Shock by Alvin Toffler Luxury: Barclaycard
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Raymond Mander & Joe Mitchenson
28/01/1978 Duración: 27minRoy Plomley's castaways are theatre historians Raymond Mander & Joe Mitchenson.Favourite track: The Ride Of The Valkyries by Richard Wagner Book: Photo albums and A set of Who's Who in the Theatre Luxury: Couch and coconut oil and an ultra-sensitive receiver to hear voices from the past
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Alan Coren
21/01/1978 Duración: 27minRoy Plomley's castaway is Editor of Punch Alan Coren.Favourite track: Double Concerto in D Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: The Oxford English Dictionary Luxury: Typewriter and paper
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Omar Sharif
14/01/1978 Duración: 27minRoy Plomley's castaway is actor Omar Sharif.Favourite track: All The Way by Frank Sinatra Book: The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery Luxury: Several decks of cards