Desert Island Discs: Archive 1976-1980

Roy Plomley's castaway is biographer A L Rowse.Favourite track: Agnus Dei by Christ Church Cathederal, Oxford Book: A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu by Marcel Proust Luxury: G. Seurat, Sunday On The Island Of La Grande Jat

Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Jessica Mitford.Favourite track: Die Moorsoldaten by Ernst Busch Book: Orphan Island by Rose Macaulay Luxury: Supply of gentlemen's relish

Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian Billy Connolly.Favourite track: At The Ball That's All by Laurel & Hardy Book: Catch 22 by Joseph Heller Luxury: Electrical device to heat shaving foam

Roy Plomley's castaway is science fiction writer Arthur C Clarke.Favourite track: Violin Concerto in B Minor by Edward Elgar Book: The Golden Treasury by Francis Palgrave Luxury: Solar-powered transistor radio

Roy Plomley's castaway is designer Shirley Conran.Favourite track: Symphony No. 7 In A Major by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: Light on Yoga by B K S Iyengar Luxury: Oil painting equipment

Roy Plomley's castaway is sailor and journalist Clare Francis.Favourite track: La Mer by Claude Debussy Book: Volume on physics Luxury: Fresh-water shower

Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Miss Read.Favourite track: The Importance Of Being Ernest (Act 1) by Oscar Wilde Book: The Diary of a Country Parson 1758-1802 by James Woodforde Luxury: Exercise books and ballpoint pens

Roy Plomley's castaway is drummer Jack Parnell.Favourite track: Morning Star by Hubert Laws Book: Stories by W W Jacobs Luxury: Armchair

Roy Plomley's castaway is cricketer Derek Randall.Favourite track: The Sun Has Got His Hat On by BBC Dance Orchestra Book: The Guinness Book of Records Luxury: Bath with warm water

Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Mirella Freni.Favourite track: Im Abendrot by Richard Strauss Book: Gone With The Wind (in Italian) by Margaret Mitchell Luxury: Painting materials

Roy Plomley's castaway is surveyor of Queen's pictures Sir Oliver Millar.Favourite track: Sull Aria by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: Emma by Jane Austen Luxury: Sketchbook, pencil, pen and ink

Roy Plomley's castaway is harpist Marisa Robles.Favourite track: Spring by Antonio Vivaldi Book: Now We Are Six by A.A. Milne and When We Were Very Young by A.A. Milne Luxury: Oils and a comb

Roy Plomley's castaway is creator of Mary Poppins P L Travers.Favourite track: Fear No More The Heat O' The Sun (from Cymbeline) by William Shakespeare Book: Thick blank book and a pen Luxury: Little marble Buddha

Roy Plomley's castaway is singer Peggy Lee.Favourite track: A Walk To The Paradise Garden by Leo Delius Book: Letters of the Scattered Brotherhood by Mary Strong Luxury: Picture of all her loved ones

Roy Plomley's castaway is former Prime Minister Lord Home Of The Hirsel.Favourite track: The Twenty-Third Psalm by Glasgow Orpheus Choir Book: Comprehensive book on birds Luxury: Pair of field glasses

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor David Niven.Favourite track: Once More Unto The Breach (Henry V) by William Shakespeare Book: British army survival manual Luxury: Bed

Roy Plomley's castaway is broadcaster and writer Magnus Magnusson.Favourite track: Ar Vas Alda by Fostbraedur Male Choir Book: The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame Luxury: Pipe

Roy Plomley's castaway is violinist Yehudi Menuhin.Favourite track: Ach Ich Fuhl's by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: The collected works by John Donne Luxury: Album of photographs of his wife

Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian Rod Hull.Book: The Boys' Own Annual For 1926 Luxury: Pianola and a supply of piano rolls

Roy Plomley's castaway is military historian Brigadier Peter Young.Favourite track: Les Huguenots by Giacomo Meyerbeer Book: Large Blank Book With Pencils Luxury: Ton of treasure, dated about 1642