Desert Island Discs: Fragment Archive 1970-1986

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 173 episodes available.

Desert Island Discs: Fragment Archive 1970-1986 episodes:

March 29, 1980 Donald Pleasence
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Donald Pleasence.
Favourite track: Dies Irae by Giuseppe Verdi
Book: The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky and Crime & Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Luxury: Writing materials
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29min
March 22, 1980 Frances Perry
Roy Plomley's castaway is horticulturalist Frances Perry.
Favourite track: Stars and Stripes Forever by Royal Military School Of Music Band and Trumpeters
Book: Survival manual
Luxury: Lamp with solar batteries
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29min
March 01, 1980 Susannah York
Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Susannah York.
Favourite track: Concerto in D Minor For Violin, Oboe and String Orchestra by Johann Sebastian Bach
Book: Italian Touring Atlas of the World
Luxury: Pencils and paper
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26min
December 29, 1979 Kyung-Wha Chung
Roy Plomley's castaway is violinist Kyung-Wha Chung.
Favourite track: Cello Suite No. 5 In C Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach
Book: Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
Luxury: Mixed flower seeds
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31min
September 29, 1979 Pam Ayres
Roy Plomley's castaway is poet and broadcaster Pam Ayres.
Favourite track: The New St George by John & Chris Leslie
Book: The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth
Luxury: Large basket of sugared almonds
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30min
September 22, 1979 Ted Allbeury
Roy Plomley's castaway is thriller writer Ted Allbeury.
Favourite track: Love Is The Sweetest Thing by Al Bowlly, Ray Noble and his Orchestra
Book: The Unquiet Grave by Cyril Connolly
Luxury: Writing paper and pencils
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24min
September 15, 1979 Richard Buckle
Roy Plomley's castaway is writer and critic Richard Buckle.
Favourite track: Piano Quintet In A Major by Franz Schubert
Book: Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
Luxury: Paper and pencils
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25min
July 22, 1978 Patricia Batty Shaw
Roy Plomley's castaway is Chairwoman of the WI Patricia Batty Shaw.
Favourite track: Finlandia by Jean Sibelius
Book: Civilisation by Kenneth Clarke
Luxury: Selection of herbs
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25min
December 10, 1977 Phil Drabble
Roy Plomley's castaway is naturalist Phil Drabble.
Favourite track: Recording Of The Song Of The Blackbird
Book: Shorthand instruction book with paper and pens
Luxury: Set of bird-ringing tools, including rings
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23min
August 30, 1976 Tolchard Evans
Roy Plomley's castaway is composer Tolchard Evans.
Favourite track: Lady Of Spain by Capital Symphony
Book: Candide by Voltaire
Luxury: Manuscript paper and pens
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24min

FAQs about Desert Island Discs: Fragment Archive 1970-1986:

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The podcast currently has 173 episodes available.

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