24 episodes
Desert Island Discs: Archive 1971-1975 BBC
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- Personal Journals
Guests are invited to choose the eight records they would take to a desert island
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C P Snow
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 -
Helen Bradley
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 -
Ben Travers
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 -
Sir John Betjeman
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 -
Emlyn Williams
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor and playwright Emlyn Williams.
Favourite track: Elizabethan Serenade by Ron Goodwin and his Orchestra
Book: Dictionary
Luxury: Typewriter, pen, paper -
Polly James
Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Polly James.
Favourite track: Your Tiny Hand is Frozen (Che gelida manina) (from La Boheme) by Giacomo Puccini
Book: Victoria RI by Countess Elizabeth Longford
Luxury: Group photograph of friends
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