Desert Island Discs: Archive 1971-1975 Podcast
1) 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
2) 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 ped...Show More
3) 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 Lu...Show More
4) 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
5) 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
6) 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
7) 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
8) 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
9) 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 Luxur...Show More
10) Richard Walker
Roy Plomley's castaway is angler Richard Walker. Favourite track: Nessun Dorma by Giacomo Puccini Book: Puck of Pook's Hill by Rudyard Kipling Luxury: Benvenuto Cellini's Golden Salt Cellar