Desert Island Discs

By BBC Radio 4

Eight tracks, a book and a luxury: what would you take to a desert island? Guests share the soundtrack of their lives.

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The podcast currently has 2,103 episodes available.

Desert Island Discs episodes:

November 03, 1979 Sian Phillips
Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Sian Phillips.
Favourite track: Summer by Alexander Glazunov
Book: Scouting For Boys by Robert Baden-Powell
Luxury: Solar-powered refrigerator full of champagne
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32min
October 27, 1979 Roald Dahl
Roy Plomley's castaway is children's writer Roald Dahl.
Favourite track: Agnus Dei by Johann Sebastian Bach
Book: The New Oxford Book of English Verse by Helen Gardner
Luxury: Still, grapevine cuttings and tobacco seeds
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34min
October 20, 1979 Rex Harrison
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Rex Harrison.
Favourite track: A Lull At Dawn by Barney Bigard and his Orchestra
Book: A History of Western Philosophy by Bertrand Russell
Luxury: Painting equipment for oils and watercolours
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31min
October 13, 1979 Josephine Barstow
Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Josephine Barstow.
Favourite track: Symphony No 9 by Ludwig van Beethoven
Book: Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy and Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy
Luxury: Michelangelo's David
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32min
October 06, 1979 Wilfred Thesiger
Roy Plomley's castaway is explorer Wilfred Thesiger.
Favourite track: Pie Jesu by Gabriel Fauré
Book: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon
Luxury: Supply of acid drops
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34min
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
September 11, 1979 June Mendoza
Roy Plomley's castaway is portrait painter June Mendoza.
Favourite track: Spring Symphony by Benjamin Britten
Book: The Penguin Chronology of the Modern World by Neville Williams
Luxury: Canvases, brushes and paint
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30min
September 04, 1979 Peter Barkworth
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Peter Barkworth.
Favourite track: Symphony No. 1 in A Flat by Edward Elgar
Book: His diaries to date
Luxury: Beautifully bound blank book and ballpoint pens
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30min

FAQs about Desert Island Discs:

How many episodes does Desert Island Discs have?

The podcast currently has 2,103 episodes available.

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