Desert Island Discs: Archive 1971-1975

By BBC Radio 4

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

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The podcast currently has 57 episodes available.

Desert Island Discs: Archive 1971-1975 episodes:

December 29, 1975 Bing Crosby
Roy Plomley's castaway is singer Bing Crosby.
Favourite track: South Rampart Street Parade by Bob Crosby and his Bobcats
Book: Roget's Thesaurus by Roget
Luxury: Guitar
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21min
October 27, 1975 Stanley Holloway
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor and musician Stanley Holloway.
Favourite track: And This Is My Beloved by Doretta Morrow
Book: A book on the musical plays of the last century
Luxury: Manicure and pedicure set
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23min
October 20, 1975 John Julius Norwich
Roy Plomley's castaway is producer John Julius Norwich.
Favourite track: Mir Ist So Wunderbar by Ludwig van Beethoven
Book: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon
Luxury: Writing materials
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24min
August 18, 1975 Robert Robinson
Roy Plomley's castaway is broadcaster Robert Robinson.
Favourite track: Anna Livia Plurabelle by James Joyce
Book: The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens
Luxury: White Burgundy
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6min
August 02, 1975 C P Snow
Roy Plomley's castaway is writer C P Snow.
Favourite track: Henry IV Part II (Act 3, Scene 2) by William Shakespeare
Book: Russian grammar
Luxury: Writing materials
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25min
July 28, 1975 Anthony Dowell
Roy Plomley's castaway is dancer Anthony Dowell.
Favourite track: The Prince Of The Pagodas by Benjamin Britten
Book: The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
Luxury: Radio receiver
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23min
July 05, 1975 Helen Bradley
Roy Plomley's castaway is painter Helen Bradley.
Favourite track: Trois Gymnopédies by Satie
Book: A great tome on the law
Luxury: A soap that kills mosquitoes
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27min
May 19, 1975 John Arlott
Roy Plomley's castaway is cricket commentator John Arlott.
Favourite track: Fern Hill by Dylan Thomas
Book: Tristram Shandy by Laurence Sterne
Luxury: Champagne
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22min
May 10, 1975 Ben Travers
Roy Plomley's castaway is farce writer Ben Travers.
Favourite track: My Love Parade by Maurice Chevalier
Book: The collected works by Robert Browning
Luxury: Pipes and tobacco
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26min
April 21, 1975 Patricia Hayes
Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Patricia Hayes.
Favourite track: Nocturne No. 8 In D Flat (Opus 72) by Frédéric Chopin
Book: Kristin Lauransdatter by Sigrid Undset
Luxury: Four-poster bed
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23min

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