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:

November 18, 1972 Beverly Sills
Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Beverly Sills.
Favourite track: Salome by Richard Strauss
Book: Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Luxury: Telephone
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28min
October 30, 1972 Imogen Holst
Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor and musicologist Imogen Holst.
Favourite track: Rondo by Henry Purcell
Book: Reverend Francis Kilvert, Diary 1870-1879 by Rev Francis Kilvert
Luxury: Spy-glass
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28min
September 25, 1972 John Reed
Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian John Reed.
Favourite track: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor by Sergei Rachmaninov
Book: Do-it-yourself manual
Luxury: Painting materials
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23min
September 18, 1972 Margaret Lockwood
Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Margaret Lockwood.
Favourite track: Fur Elise by Ludwig van Beethoven
Book: Encyclopaedia Britannica
Luxury: Piano
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25min
September 11, 1972 Anthony Lawrence
Roy Plomley's castaway is BBC Far East correspondent Anthony Lawrence.
Favourite track: Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 In G Major by Johann Sebastian Bach
Book: A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu by Marcel Proust
Luxury: Two armchairs
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26min
August 14, 1972 Stephane Grappelli
Roy Plomley's castaway is jazz violinist Stephane Grappelli.
Favourite track: Gary by Stephane Grappelli, Marc Hemmeler, Jack Sewing
Book: Atlas
Luxury: Koh-I-Noor diamond
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24min
August 05, 1972 Edward Ardizzone
Roy Plomley's castaway is water colourist Edward Ardizzone.
Favourite track: Piano Concerto No 5 In E Flat Major by Ludwig van Beethoven
Book: The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens
Luxury: Malt whisky and drawing paper
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27min
July 29, 1972 Sir Arthur Bliss
Roy Plomley's castaway is master of the Queen's Music Sir Arthur Bliss.
Favourite track: Fair Is My Love by Arthur Bliss
Book: The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann Wyss
Luxury: Pair of field glasses
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25min
July 10, 1972 Henry Cecil
Roy Plomley's castaway is novelist and playwright Henry Cecil.
Favourite track: String Quartet in B Flat by Ludwig van Beethoven
Book: Modern English Usage by Henry W Fowler
Luxury: Aspirin
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25min
July 03, 1972 Charles Groves
Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Charles Groves.
Favourite track: Siegmund's Spring Song by Richard Wagner
Book: Anthology of English Verse
Luxury: Cigars
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19min

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The podcast currently has 57 episodes available.

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