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:

October 27, 1973 Professor Sir Alister Hardy FRS
Roy Plomley's castaway is zoologist Professor Sir Alister Hardy FRS.
Favourite track: I'll See You Again by Peggy Wood & George Metaxa
Book: The Prelude by William Wordsworth
Luxury: Writing materials
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10min
October 20, 1973 Peter Rogers
Roy Plomley's castaway is producer Peter Rogers.
Favourite track: Sanctus by Choeurs Elisabeth Brasseur
Book: Bound volume of Punch from the 1960s
Luxury: Ninth record: Massenet's Elegie
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3min
September 22, 1973 Leontyne Price
Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Leontyne Price.
Favourite track: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor by Sergei Rachmaninov
Book: How to be Your Own Best Friend by Mildred Newman
Luxury: Soap
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9min
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
September 15, 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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6min
September 08, 1973 Joyce Carey
Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Joyce Carey.
Favourite track: Introduction and Allegro For Strings (Opus 47) by Edward Elgar
Book: The Oxford Book of English Verse
Luxury: Box of oddments from her dressing table
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9min
August 25, 1973 Bert Foord
Roy Plomley's castaway is weather forecaster Bert Foord.
Favourite track: Polovtsian Dances by Alexander Borodin
Book: Short Stories by P G Wodehouse
Luxury: Golf clubs and balls
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7min
August 18, 1973 June Whitfield
Roy Plomley's castaway is comedy actress June Whitfield.
Favourite track: Well Did You Evah? by Frank Sinatra & Bing Crosby
Book: Do-it-yourself manual
Luxury: Tape recorder
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10min
August 04, 1973 Colin Welland
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor and playwright Colin Welland.
Favourite track: Londonderry Air by Philharmonia Orchestra
Book: The Oxford English Dictionary
Luxury: Bed
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5min
July 28, 1973 Ruskin Spear RA
Roy Plomley's castaway is painter Ruskin Spear RA.
Favourite track: Fantasia and Fugue In G Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach
Book: Ends and Means by Aldous Huxley
Luxury: Radio receiver
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5min

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

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The podcast currently has 173 episodes available.

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