Desert Island Discs: Archive 1971-1975 podcast

Brian Johnston

3/16/1974

Desert Island Discs: Archive 1971-1975

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19:57

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

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Bing Crosby
12/29/1975
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Roy Plomley's castaway is singer Bing Crosby.Favourite track: South Rampart Street Parade by Bob Crosby and his Bobcats Book: Roget's Thesaurus by Roget Luxury: Guitar
Stanley Holloway
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Roy Plomley's castaway is actor and musician Stanley Holloway.Favourite track: And This Is My Beloved by Doretta Morrow Book: A book on the musical plays of the last century Luxury: Manicure and pedicure set
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John Julius Norwich
10/20/1975
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Roy Plomley's castaway is producer John Julius Norwich.Favourite track: Mir Ist So Wunderbar by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon Luxury: Writing materials
C P Snow
8/2/1975
24:56
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
Anthony Dowell
7/28/1975
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Roy Plomley's castaway is dancer Anthony Dowell.Favourite track: The Prince Of The Pagodas by Benjamin Britten Book: The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame Luxury: Radio receiver
Helen Bradley
7/5/1975
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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
John Arlott
5/19/1975
21:24
Roy Plomley's castaway is cricket commentator John Arlott.Favourite track: Fern Hill by Dylan Thomas Book: Tristram Shandy by Laurence Sterne Luxury: Champagne
Ben Travers
5/10/1975
25:31
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
Patricia Hayes
4/21/1975
22:18
Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Patricia Hayes.Favourite track: Nocturne No. 8 In D Flat (Opus 72) by Frédéric Chopin Book: Kristin Lauransdatter by Sigrid Undset Luxury: Four-poster bed
Sir John Betjeman
4/12/1975
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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

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Brian Johnston

Desert Island Discs: Archive 1971-1975

More episodes from "Desert Island Discs: Archive 1971-1975"

Bing Crosby

Stanley Holloway

John Julius Norwich

C P Snow

Anthony Dowell

Helen Bradley

John Arlott

Ben Travers

Patricia Hayes

Sir John Betjeman