Desert Island Discs: Archive 1971-1975

Desert Island Discs: Archive 1971-1975

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Desert Island Discs: Archive 1971-1975 episodes

April 12, 1975 Sir John Betjeman
Roy Plomley's castaway is Poet Laureate Sir John Betjeman.
Favourite track: Ombra Mai Fù by George Frideric Handel
Book: The Golden Treasury by Francis Palgrave
Luxury: Champagne
24 min
February 24, 1975 Valerie Masterson
Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Valerie Masterson.
Favourite track: Symphony in D Minor by César Franck
Book: Survival manual
Luxury: Beauty products
14 min
February 15, 1975 Emlyn Williams
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor and playwright Emlyn Williams.
Favourite track: Elizabethan Serenade by Ron Goodwin and his Orchestra
Book: Dictionary
Luxury: Typewriter, pen, paper
26 min
October 19, 1974 Polly James
Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Polly James.
Favourite track: Your Tiny Hand is Frozen (Che gelida manina) (from La Boheme) by Giacomo Puccini
Book: Victoria RI by Countess Elizabeth Longford
Luxury: Group photograph of friends
22 min
July 06, 1974 Richard Walker
Roy Plomley's castaway is angler Richard Walker.
Favourite track: Nessun Dorma by Giacomo Puccini
Book: Puck of Pook's Hill by Rudyard Kipling
Luxury: Benvenuto Cellini's Golden Salt Cellar
23 min
June 01, 1974 Leslie Mitchell
Roy Plomley's castaway is broadcaster Leslie Mitchell.
Favourite track: Summer Night On The River by Frederick Delius
Book: Biography of Leonardo Da Vinci
Luxury: Silver box containing a miniature singing bird
25 min
May 27, 1974 James Stewart
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor James Stewart.
Favourite track: Dream by The Pied Pipers
Book: Musical arrangements by Dave Brubeck
Luxury: Piano
25 min
April 29, 1974 David Dimbleby
Roy Plomley's castaway is journalist and broadcaster David Dimbleby.
Favourite track: Concerto in D Minor For Violin, Oboe and Strings by Johann Sebastian Bach
Book: The Oxford English Dictionary
Luxury: Havana cigars
23 min
April 01, 1974 Philip Hope-Wallace
Roy Plomley's castaway is critic Philip Hope-Wallace.
Favourite track: Dies Irae and Salve Me by Giuseppe Verdi
Book: Faust by Johann Wolfgang Goethe
Luxury: Ivory chess set
23 min
March 16, 1974 Brian Johnston
Roy Plomley's castaway is broadcaster Brian Johnston.
Favourite track: Double Damask by Cicely Courtneidge & Ivor McLaren
Book: Funny Way to be a Hero by James Fisher
Luxury: Automatic bowling machine & cricket balls
20 min

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