Desert Island Discs: Archive 1976-1980 BBC Radio 4
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- Society & Culture
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Guests are invited to choose the eight records they would take to a desert island
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Clive James
Roy Plomley's castaway is broadcaster and writer Clive James.
Favourite track: Baby Love by Diana Ross and The Supremes
Book: Book about how to build a plane out of palm fronds and coconut fibre by Willy Messerschmitt
Luxury: Space invaders -
Placido Domingo
Roy Plomley's castaway is tenor Placido Domingo.
Favourite track: Otello by Giuseppe Verdi
Book: Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes
Luxury: Video player and cassettes of his own performances -
Arthur Askey
Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian Arthur Askey.
Favourite track: Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Book: Guinness Book of Records
Luxury: Piano -
Neville Marriner
Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Neville Marriner.
Favourite track: There Is No Rose by King's College Chapel Choir
Book: Life On Earth by David Attenborough
Luxury: Violin -
Jose Carreras
Roy Plomley's castaway is tenor Jose Carreras.
Favourite track: Your Tiny Hand is Frozen (Che gelida manina) (from La Boheme) by Giacomo Puccini
Book: Poems by Rabindranath Tagore
Luxury: Velazquez, Les Hilanderas -
Tom Conti
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Tom Conti.
Favourite track: Dies Irae by Giuseppe Verdi
Book: Summerhill by A S Neill
Luxury: Piano
Customer Reviews
Fascinating Conversations with Icons of the Past
Building the conversations around the premise of selecting 8 records to take to Desert Island, we listen in and learn about the lives and thoughts of many fascinating people, some now long gone. Where else can you eavesdrop on conversations with Roald Dahl, Sir Neville Marriner, Gregory Peck, Steven Sondheim and Dizzy Gillespie? The pacing is relaxed, almost soothing, and a welcome shift from our often frenetic world.
BONEYARDS 1976
Mixed with songs voices for your country maybe I heard later that year