Desert Island Discs: Archive 1971-1975: Recent Episodes
BBC Radio 4
Roy Plomley's castaway is singer Bing Crosby.
Favourite track: South Rampart Street Parade by Bob Crosby and his BobcatsBook: Roget's Thesaurus by RogetLuxury: Guitar
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor and musician Stanley Holloway.
Favourite track: And This Is My Beloved by Doretta MorrowBook: A book on the musical plays of the last centuryLuxury: Manicure and pedicure set
Roy Plomley's castaway is producer John Julius Norwich.
Favourite track: Mir Ist So Wunderbar by Ludwig van BeethovenBook: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward GibbonLuxury: Writing materials
Roy Plomley's castaway is writer C P Snow.
Favourite track: Henry IV Part II (Act 3, Scene 2) by William Shakespeare Book: Russian grammar Luxury: Writing materials
Roy Plomley's castaway is painter Helen Bradley.
Favourite track: Trois Gymnopédies by Satie Book: A great tome on the law Luxury: A soap that kills mosquitoes
Roy Plomley's castaway is farce writer Ben Travers.
Favourite track: My Love Parade by Maurice Chevalier Book: The collected works by Robert Browning Luxury: Pipes and tobacco
Roy Plomley's castaway is Poet Laureate Sir John Betjeman.
Favourite track: Ombra Mai Fù by George Frideric Handel Book: The Golden Treasury by Francis Palgrave Luxury: Champagne
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor and playwright Emlyn Williams.
Favourite track: Elizabethan Serenade by Ron Goodwin and his Orchestra Book: Dictionary Luxury: Typewriter, pen, paper
Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Polly James.
Favourite track: Your Tiny Hand is Frozen (Che gelida manina) (from La Boheme) by Giacomo Puccini Book: Victoria RI by Countess Elizabeth Longford Luxury: Group photograph of friends
Roy Plomley's castaway is angler Richard Walker.
Favourite track: Nessun Dorma by Giacomo Puccini Book: Puck of Pook's Hill by Rudyard Kipling Luxury: Benvenuto Cellini's Golden Salt Cellar
Roy Plomley's castaway is broadcaster Leslie Mitchell.
Favourite track: Summer Night On The River by Frederick Delius Book: Biography of Leonardo Da Vinci Luxury: Silver box containing a miniature singing bird
Roy Plomley's castaway is broadcaster Brian Johnston.
Favourite track: Double Damask by Cicely Courtneidge & Ivor McLaren Book: Funny Way to be a Hero by James Fisher Luxury: Automatic bowling machine & cricket balls
Roy Plomley's castaway is bandleader Roy Fox.
Favourite track: Whispering by Roy Fox and his Orchestra Book: Volume of crossword puzzles Luxury: Radio receiver
Roy Plomley's castaway is playwright Sir Terence Rattigan.
Favourite track: Forty Years On by Harrow School Boys Book: The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon Luxury: Dom Perignon Champagne
Roy Plomley's castaway is scientist and broadcaster Dr Jacob Bronowski.
Favourite track: Se Vuol Ballare by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: Volume on chess championship play Luxury: Antique chess set
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor John Mills.
Favourite track: Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D Major by Edward Elgar Book: Book on zoology Luxury: Piano
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor and playwright Arnold Ridley.
Favourite track: Tannhäuser (Overture) by Richard Wagner Book: Bradshaw's Railway Timetable Luxury: Wine-making kit
Roy Plomley's castaway is romantic novelist Denise Robins.
Favourite track: Die Walkure by Richard Wagner Book: Encyclopaedia Britannica Luxury: Family photograph
Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Beverly Sills.
Favourite track: Salome by Richard Strauss Book: Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell Luxury: Telephone
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
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
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
Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Alec Robertson.
Favourite track: In Paradisum by Gabriel Fauré Book: 48 Preludes and fugues by Bach Luxury: Piano
Roy Plomley's castaway is choreographer Leonide Massine.
Favourite track: I Have Attained The Highest Power by Modest Mussorgsky Book: The Theory of Choreography by Leonide Massine
Roy Plomley's castaway is violinist Isaac Stern.
Book: Encyclopaedia Britannica Luxury: Refrigerator
Roy Plomley's castaway is concert pianist Artur Rubinstein.
Favourite track: String Quintet In C by Franz Schubert Book: Any one from his library Luxury: Revolver
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor and broadcaster Alan Keith.
Favourite track: Symphony No. 5 In C Minor by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: The Oxford Book of English Verse Luxury: Model-making tools