Sue Lawley's castaway is opera singer Sir Thomas Allen.

Favourite track: Act 3 of Meistersinger von Nurnberg by Richard Wagner

Sue Lawley's castaway is jazz saxophonist Courtney Pine.

Favourite track: Guiltiness by Bob Marley and the Whalers

Sue Lawley's castaway is National Galleries of Scotland Director Sir Timothy Clifford.

Favourite track: La Ci Darem La Mano in Act 1 of Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Sue Lawley's castaway is biologist Sir John Sulston.

Favourite track: String Quartet in B flat major by Ludwig van Beethoven

Sue Lawley's castaway is writer Margaret Drabble.

Favourite track: I Know That My Redeemer Liveth - (from Messiah) by George Frideric Handel

Sue Lawley's castaway is violinist Tasmin Little.

Favourite track: Daphnis & Chloe by Maurice Ravel

Sue Lawley's castaway is broadcaster Chris Tarrant.

Favourite track: Tequila Sunrise by Eagles

Admired as a keen observer and chronicler of rural life, Ronald Bythe is perhaps best known for his 'oral histories' - Akenfield: Portrait of an English Village, which won the Heinemann Award in 1969, and The View in Winter: Reflections on Old Age. In conversation with Sue Lawley, he talks about his life and work and chooses eight records to take to the mythical island.

[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

Favourite track: Die Wetterfahne by Franz Schubert

This week Sue Lawley's castaway is the paralympic athlete Tanni Grey-Thompson. Tanni Grey-Thompson has won medals in four Paralympic Games: when she was 19 she competed at Seoul and took the Bronze for the 200m. During the following 12 years her tally of medals has increased to nine golds and three silvers. She chooses eight records to take with her to the mythical island.

[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

Favourite track: Knowing Me, Knowing You by Steve Coogan/Rebecca Front

Sue Lawley's castaway this week is the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, Sir Alec Broers. As a professor of electrical engineering at the forefront of research into microchip technology, Sir Alec says of his work, "If cars had made the same progress as electronics have in the past decade, then you would be able to drive from Cambridge to London in half a second". He chooses eight records to take with him to the mythical island.

[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

Favourite track: Mir Ist So Wunderbar by Ludwig van Beethoven