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:

February 25, 1974 Eddie Waring
Roy Plomley's castaway is commentator Eddie Waring.
Favourite track: The Twenty-Third Psalm by Glasgow Orpheus Choir
Book: Bradshaw's Railway Timetable
Luxury: Couch
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19min
February 16, 1974 Roy Fox
Roy Plomley's castaway is bandleader Roy Fox.
Favourite track: Whispering by Roy Fox and his Orchestra
Book: Volume of crossword puzzles
Luxury: Radio receiver
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24min
January 12, 1974 Sir Terence Rattigan
Roy Plomley's castaway is playwright Sir Terence Rattigan.
Favourite track: Forty Years On by Harrow School Boys
Book: The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon
Luxury: Dom Perignon Champagne
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26min
January 05, 1974 Dr Jacob Bronowski
Roy Plomley's castaway is scientist and broadcaster Dr Jacob Bronowski.
Favourite track: Se Vuol Ballare by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Book: Volume on chess championship play
Luxury: Antique chess set
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25min
December 22, 1973 John Mills
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor John Mills.
Favourite track: Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D Major by Edward Elgar
Book: Book on zoology
Luxury: Piano
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9min
November 03, 1973 Arnold Ridley
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor and playwright Arnold Ridley.
Favourite track: Tannhäuser (Overture) by Richard Wagner
Book: Bradshaw's Railway Timetable
Luxury: Wine-making kit
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9min
October 15, 1973 Edward Robey
Roy Plomley's castaway is barrister Edward Robey.
Favourite track: Selig, Wie Die Sonne by Richard Wagner
Book: Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians
Luxury: German white wine
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25min
September 17, 1973 Bill Sowerbutts
Roy Plomley's castaway is horticulturalist Bill Sowerbutts.
Favourite track: Les Francs Juges (Overture) by Hector Berlioz
Book: English Dictionary
Luxury: Tobacco seeds and a brewing vat
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23min
May 21, 1973 Joseph Cooper
Roy Plomley's castaway is pianist Joseph Cooper.
Favourite track: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini by Sergei Rachmaninov
Book: Come Hither by Walter de la Mare
Luxury: Dummy piano keyboard
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26min
January 20, 1973 Denise Robins
Roy Plomley's castaway is romantic novelist Denise Robins.
Favourite track: Die Walkure by Richard Wagner
Book: Encyclopaedia Britannica
Luxury: Family photograph
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27min

FAQs about Desert Island Discs: Archive 1971-1975:

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