Desert Island Discs: Archive 1976-1980

BBC Radio 4

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

243 Episodes

Clive James
2/16/2017
39:42
Roy Plomley's castaway is broadcaster and writer Clive James.Favourite track: Baby Love by Diana Ross and The Supremes Book: Book about how to build a plane out of palm fronds and coconut fibre by Willy Messerschmitt Luxury: Space invaders
Placido Domingo
12/27/1980
34:40
Roy Plomley's castaway is tenor Placido Domingo.Favourite track: Otello by Giuseppe Verdi Book: Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Luxury: Video player and cassettes of his own performances
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Arthur Askey
12/20/1980
33:57
Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian Arthur Askey.Favourite track: Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Book: Guinness Book of Records Luxury: Piano
Neville Marriner
12/13/1980
34:42
Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Neville Marriner.Favourite track: There Is No Rose by King's College Chapel Choir Book: Life On Earth by David Attenborough Luxury: Violin
Jose Carreras
12/6/1980
30:55
Roy Plomley's castaway is tenor Jose Carreras.Favourite track: Your Tiny Hand is Frozen (Che gelida manina) (from La Boheme) by Giacomo Puccini Book: Poems by Rabindranath Tagore Luxury: Velazquez, Les Hilanderas
Tom Conti
11/22/1980
33:47
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Tom Conti.Favourite track: Dies Irae by Giuseppe Verdi Book: Summerhill by A S Neill Luxury: Piano
Mark Elder
11/8/1980
34:01
Roy Plomley's castaway is musical director of the English National Opera Mark Elder.Favourite track: I Used To Be Colour Blind by Fred Astaire Book: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy Luxury: Sherry
Derek Tangye
11/1/1980
34:56
Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Derek Tangye.Favourite track: Symphony No. 2 in E Minor by Sergei Rachmaninov Book: A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu by Marcel Proust Luxury: Astronomical telescope
Catherine Gaskin
10/25/1980
40:05
Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Catherine Gaskin.Favourite track: String Quartet in C Sharp Minor by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: The Story of Civilization by William Durant Luxury: Piano
Brian Glover
10/18/1980
30:50
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor and playwright Brian Glover.Favourite track: Like A Rolling Stone by Bob Dylan Book: Card Games by John Scarne Luxury: MGTD 2952 car

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Desert Island Discs: Archive 1976-1980

BBC Radio 4

243 Episodes

Clive James

Placido Domingo

Arthur Askey

Neville Marriner

Jose Carreras

Tom Conti

Mark Elder

Derek Tangye

Catherine Gaskin

Brian Glover