Desert Island Discs: Archive 1976-1980

Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian Eric Idle.Favourite track: Cello Concerto in C by Franz Joseph HaydnBook: Compendium ... Read more

Roy Plomley's castaway is children's writer Roald Dahl.Favourite track: Agnus Dei by Johann Sebastian BachBook: The New ... Read more

Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Natalie Wood.Favourite track: American Pie by Don MacLeanBook: Poetry by e e cummings... Read more

Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian Billy Connolly.Favourite track: At The Ball That's All by Laurel & HardyBook: Cat... Read more

Roy Plomley's castaway is poet Philip Larkin.Favourite track: I'm Down In The Dumps by Bessie SmithBook: The collected w... Read more

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor David Niven.Favourite track: Once More Unto The Breach (Henry V) by William ShakespeareB... Read more

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Sir Alec Guinness.Favourite track: Sonata No. 32 in C Minor (Opus 111) by Ludwig van Bee... Read more

Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Joan Fontaine.Favourite track: Piano Concerto in A Minor by Edvard GriegBook: Single-v... Read more

Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Charlotte Rampling.Favourite track: Piano Concerto No. 5 In E Flat Major by Ludwig van... Read more

Roy Plomley's castaway is tenor Luciano Pavarotti.Favourite track: Symphony No. 40 In G Minor by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart... Read more

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Peter Ustinov.Favourite track: In Diesen Heil'Gen Hallen by Wolfgang Amadeus MozartBook:... Read more

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor and writer Michael Palin.Favourite track: Nimrod by Edward ElgarBook: Vanity Fair by Wil... Read more

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Gregory Peck.Favourite track: Symphony No. 7 In A Major by Ludwig van BeethovenBook: Abr... Read more

Roy Plomley's castaway is zoologist David Attenborough.Favourite track: String Quintet In G Minor by Wolfgang Amadeus Mo... Read more

Roy Plomley's castaway is travel writer Paul Theroux.Favourite track: Vergnügte Ruh by Johann Sebastian BachBook: Anthol... Read more

Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Dame Daphne Du Maurier.Favourite track: Spartacus by Aram KhachaturianBook: The collect... Read more

Roy Plomley's castaway is director Elia Kazan.Favourite track: String Quartet in A Minor by Ludwig van BeethovenBook: Th... Read more

Roy Plomley's castaway is jazz trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie.Favourite track: Parker's Mood by Charlie Parker All StarsBook:... Read more

Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Lauren Bacall.Favourite track: My Mistress' Eyes (Sonnet 130) by William ShakespeareBo... Read more

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Derek Jacobi.Favourite track: There Are Bad Times Just Around The Corner by Noel CowardB... Read more