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Julian Bream
Jul 9, 1983
32m 49s
Rosamond Lehmann
Nov 13, 1982
29m 29s
N.Busch, J.Kuchmy, M.Parry, M.Wilson
Oct 9, 1982
31m 05s
Helene Hanff
Dec 19, 1981
32m 38s
Alan Howard
Dec 5, 1981
29m 10s
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| Date | Episode | Description | Length | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7/9/83 | Julian Bream | Julian Bream first played the guitar on radio in Children's Hour when he was only 13. This led to guest appearances in a series on the Light Programme, and so his career took off. Before long he also took up the lute and played his part in the revival of interest in early music. In conversation with Roy Plomley, he talks about his long career and chooses the eight records he would take to the mythical island.[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] | 32m 49s | ||||||
| 11/13/82 | Rosamond Lehmann | Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Rosamond Lehmann.Favourite track: Nunc Dimittis by Burgon Book: Letters by Marquise de Sevigne Luxury: Writing Materials | 29m 29s | ||||||
| 10/9/82 | N.Busch, J.Kuchmy, M.Parry, M.Wilson | Roy Plomley's castaways are members of the London Philharmonic Orchestra.Book: Books by Hector Berlioz, Charles Dickens, Hugh Johnson and a cookery book Luxury: Razor and shaving soap, a video player with a tape of Laurel & Hardy, wine and a violin | 31m 05s | ||||||
| 12/19/81 | Helene Hanff | Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Helene Hanff.Favourite track: In Tears Of Grief by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Memoirs by Louis De Rouvroy Luxury: Scrabble | 32m 38s | ||||||
| 12/5/81 | Alan Howard | Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Alan Howard.Favourite track: Symphony No. 15 In D by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: Piano manual Luxury: Piano | 29m 10s | ||||||
| 11/14/81 | James Clavell | Roy Plomley's castaway is novelist James Clavell.Favourite track: The Impossible Dream by Roberta Flack Book: The Koran | 33m 42s | ||||||
| 10/30/81 | Joseph Cotten | Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Joseph Cotten.Favourite track: Symphony No. 1 in C Minor by Johannes Brahms Book: Gardening manual Luxury: Boat building book | 32m 47s | ||||||
| 10/17/81 | Elspeth Huxley | Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Elspeth Huxley.Favourite track: Piano Concerto in A Minor by Edvard Grieg Book: Novels by P G Wodehouse Luxury: Camera and film | 27m 46s | ||||||
| 8/8/81 | Terry Hands | Roy Plomley's castaway is producer Terry Hands.Favourite track: String Quartet in C by Franz Joseph Haydn Book: Dictionary Luxury: Cello | 29m 31s | ||||||
| 7/11/81 | Gillian Lynne | Roy Plomley's castaway is director Gillian Lynne.Favourite track: Concerto For Double String Orchestra by Michael Tippett Book: French language course Luxury: Eyelash curlers | 31m 40s | ||||||
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| 5/30/81 | Eric Shilling | Roy Plomley's castaway is bass singer Eric Shilling.Favourite track: Deh Vieni Non Tardar by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: Collin's Albatross Book of Verse by Louis Untermeyer Luxury: Astronomical telescope | 33m 50s | ||||||
| 5/23/81 | Edmund Rubbra | Roy Plomley's castaway is composer Edmund Rubbra.Favourite track: Symphony No .9 In C by Franz Schubert Book: Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne Luxury: Music manuscript paper | 34m 43s | ||||||
| 11/29/80 | Alan Minter | Roy Plomley's castaway is boxer Alan Minter.Favourite track: My Way by Frank Sinatra Book: Survival manual Luxury: Solar-powered transistor radio | 30m 22s | ||||||
| 11/15/80 | Jacquetta Hawkes | Roy Plomley's castaway is archaeologist Jacquetta Hawkes.Favourite track: Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in A Major by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: Collected works by Johann Wolfgang Goethe Luxury: Wine | 29m 30s | ||||||
| 9/13/80 | Antal Dorati | Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Antal Dorati.Favourite track: Rondo Capriccioso by Felix Mendelssohn Book: The Golden Man by Yokoi Luxury: Italian landscape drawing from his collection | 25m 37s | ||||||
| 7/19/80 | Daley Thompson | Roy Plomley's castaway is World Champion decathlete Daley Thompson.Favourite track: Unchained Melody by George Benson Book: Novels by John Wyndham Luxury: Guitar and instruction book | 19m 42s | ||||||
| 6/7/80 | Freddie Jones | Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Freddie Jones.Book: The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame Luxury: Liebig condenser for distilling gin | 33m 31s | ||||||
| 5/31/80 | Robert Tear | Roy Plomley's castaway is tenor Robert Tear.Favourite track: Concerto For Double String Orchestra by Michael Tippett Book: The Wisdom of Insecurity by Alan Watts Luxury: Postcards of paintings with poems on the back | 23m 15s | ||||||
| 4/26/80 | Salvatore Accardo | Roy Plomley's castaway is violinist Salvatore Accardo.Favourite track: Che Faro Senza Euridice by Christoph Willibald Ritter von Gluck Book: The Odyssey by Homer Luxury: Violin and strings | 32m 21s | ||||||
| 3/29/80 | Donald Pleasence | Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Donald Pleasence.Favourite track: Dies Irae by Giuseppe Verdi Book: The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky and Crime & Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky Luxury: Writing materials | 28m 01s | ||||||
| 3/22/80 | Frances Perry | Roy Plomley's castaway is horticulturalist Frances Perry.Favourite track: Stars and Stripes Forever by Royal Military School Of Music Band and Trumpeters Book: Survival manual Luxury: Lamp with solar batteries | 28m 22s | ||||||
| 3/1/80 | Susannah York | Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Susannah York.Favourite track: Concerto in D Minor For Violin, Oboe and String Orchestra by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Italian Touring Atlas of the World Luxury: Pencils and paper | 25m 07s | ||||||
| 12/29/79 | Kyung-Wha Chung | Roy Plomley's castaway is violinist Kyung-Wha Chung.Favourite track: Cello Suite No. 5 In C Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse Luxury: Mixed flower seeds | 30m 13s | ||||||
| 9/29/79 | 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 | 29m 09s | ||||||
| 9/22/79 | 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 | 23m 36s | ||||||
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Chart Positions
3 placements across 3 markets.
Chart Positions
3 placements across 3 markets.