18 episodes
Desert Island Discs: Archive 1966-1970 BBC Radio 4
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- Society & Culture
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5.0 • 1 Rating
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Guests are invited to choose the eight records they would take to a desert island
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Quentin Poole
Roy Plomley's castaway is head chorister Quentin Poole.
Favourite track: Mariner Man by William Walton
Book: Novels by Agatha Christie
Luxury: Flute and music -
Isidore Godfrey
Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Isidore Godfrey.
Favourite track: Symphony in D Minor by César Franck
Book: The scores of the symphonies by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Luxury: Piano -
Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
Roy Plomley's castaway is field marshal Viscount Montgomery of Alamein.
Favourite track: Sei Nicht Bos (from Der Obersteiger) by Carl Zeller
Book: The History of Warfare by Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
Luxury: Piano -
Raymond Mays
Roy Plomley's castaway is car designer and former racer Raymond Mays.
Favourite track: Love Will Find a Way by Jose Collins
Book: Gaiety, Theatre of Enchantment by W MacQueen-Pope
Luxury: Umbrella -
Henry Williamson
Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Henry Williamson.
Favourite track: Tristan und Isolde (Act 3) by Richard Wagner
Book: The Story of My Heart by Richard Jefferies
Luxury: Cor anglais -
Peter Pears
Roy Plomley's castaway is tenor Peter Pears.
Favourite track: Moonlight (from Peter Grimes) by Benjamin Britten
Book: Tropical Plants and Their Cultivation by Louis Bruggeman
Luxury: Bed