Desert Island Discs: Archive 1966-1970: Recent Episodes

BBC Radio 4

Guests are invited to choose the eight records they would take to a desert island

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Roy Plomley's castaway is head chorister Quentin Poole.

Favourite track: Mariner Man by William Walton Book: Novels by Agatha Christie Luxury: Flute and music

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Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Isidore Godfrey.

Favourite track: Symphony in D Minor by César Franck Book: The scores of the symphonies by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Luxury: Piano

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Roy Plomley's castaway is field marshal Viscount Montgomery of Alamein.

Favourite track: Sei Nicht Bos (from Der Obersteiger) by Carl Zeller

Book: The History of Warfare by Viscount Montgomery of Alamein

Luxury: Piano

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Roy Plomley's castaway is car designer and former racer Raymond Mays.

Favourite track: Love Will Find a Way by Jose Collins Book: Gaiety, Theatre of Enchantment by W MacQueen-Pope Luxury: Umbrella

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Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Henry Williamson.

Favourite track: Tristan und Isolde (Act 3) by Richard Wagner Book: The Story of My Heart by Richard Jefferies Luxury: Cor anglais

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Roy Plomley's castaway is tenor Peter Pears.

Favourite track: Moonlight (from Peter Grimes) by Benjamin Britten Book: Tropical Plants and Their Cultivation by Louis Bruggeman Luxury: Bed

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Roy Plomley's castaway is newsreader Alvar Lidell.

Favourite track: String Quintet in C by Franz Schubert Book: Oxford English Dictionary Luxury: Playing cards

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Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian and musician Hetty King.

Book: History of the world Luxury: Parrot

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Roy Plomley's castaway is round-the-world sailor Sir Alec Rose.

Favourite track: The Lord's Prayer by Eric Rogers Chorale and Orchestra Book: History of England Luxury: Radio receiver

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Roy Plomley's castaway is owner of the Flying Scotsman Alan Pegler.

Favourite track: Water Music Suite by George Frideric Handel Book: Complete Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Luxury: Insect repellent

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Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian Arthur Askey.

Favourite track: Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Book: Golf instruction book Luxury: Golf clubs and balls

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Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian Sandy Powell.

Favourite track: Silent Night by Bing Crosby Book: My Autobiography by Charlie Chaplin Luxury: Violin

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Roy Plomley's castaway is Senior Director of Music Lieutenant Colonel C H Jaeger.

Favourite track: Suite No 3 in D Major by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Anthology of modern British poetry Luxury: Chess set

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Roy Plomley's castaway is scriptwriter Marty Feldman.

Favourite track: Concerto in D Minor for Oboe, Strings and Continuo (Opus 9 No 2) by Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni Book: The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery Luxury: Piano

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Roy Plomley's castaway is jazz trumpeter and singer Louis Armstrong.

Favourite track: Blueberry Hill by Louis Armstrong and his All Stars Book: His own autobiography Luxury: Trumpet

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Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Dame Gladys Cooper.

Favourite track: On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring by Frederick Delius Book: Anthology of poetry Luxury: Tape recorder

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Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Fenella Fielding.

Favourite track: Long Long Summer by Dizzy Gillespie Book: Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons Luxury: French silk-lined leather gloves

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Roy Plomley's castaway is poet Patience Strong.

Favourite track: A Midsummer Night's Dream (Scherzo) by Felix Mendelssohn Book: Complete works by William Wordsworth Luxury: Indian painting showing the Crucifixion