Desert Island Discs: Archive 1971-1975

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

  1. 12/29/1975

    Bing Crosby

    Roy Plomley's castaway is singer Bing Crosby. Favourite track: South Rampart Street Parade by Bob Crosby and his Bobcats Book: Roget's Thesaurus by Roget Luxury: Guitar

    21 min

  2. 10/27/1975

    Stanley Holloway

    Roy Plomley's castaway is actor and musician Stanley Holloway. Favourite track: And This Is My Beloved by Doretta Morrow Book: A book on the musical plays of the last century Luxury: Manicure and pedicure set

    23 min

  3. 10/20/1975

    John Julius Norwich

    Roy Plomley's castaway is producer John Julius Norwich. Favourite track: Mir Ist So Wunderbar by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon Luxury: Writing materials

    24 min

  4. 08/02/1975

    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

    25 min

  5. 07/28/1975

    Anthony Dowell

    Roy Plomley's castaway is dancer Anthony Dowell. Favourite track: The Prince Of The Pagodas by Benjamin Britten Book: The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame Luxury: Radio receiver

    23 min

  6. 07/05/1975

    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

    26 min

  7. 05/19/1975

    John Arlott

    Roy Plomley's castaway is cricket commentator John Arlott. Favourite track: Fern Hill by Dylan Thomas Book: Tristram Shandy by Laurence Sterne Luxury: Champagne

    21 min

  8. 05/10/1975

    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

    26 min
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