Guests are invited to choose the eight records they would take to a desert island
Guests are invited to choose the eight records they would take to a desert island
Roy Plomley's castaway is writer and filmmaker John Paddy Carstairs.
Favourite track: Swan Lake (Act 2) by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Book: Thesaurus by Roget Luxury: Piano
Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Joan Sutherland.
Favourite track: Mira, O Norma by Vincenzo Bellini Book: Memoirs of Jenny Lind by Otto Goldschmidt Luxury: Bed
Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian Benny Hill.
Favourite track: Le Gamin de Paris by Yves Montand Book: Collection of language courses Luxury: Film camera
Roy Plomley's castaway on Desert Island Discs is film director Alfred Hitchcock.
Favourite track: Siegfried's Horn Call by Richard Wagner Book: Household Management by Mrs Beeton Luxury: Continental railway timetable
This is the only extract the BBC has of this episode of Desert Island Discs.
Roy Plomley's castaway is jazz musician Dave Brubeck.
Book: Encyclopaedia Luxury: Piano
Roy Plomley's castaway is cricketer Sir Leonard Hutton.
Book: History of cricket Luxury: Golf clubs
Roy Plomley's castaway is radio presenter John Snagge.
Book: The Little World of Don Camillo by Giovannino Guareschi Luxury: Painting by Rembrandt
Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Lotte Lehmann.
Book: Faust by Johann Wolfgang Goethe Luxury: Paintbox
Roy Plomley's castaway is world champion swimmer Judy Grinham.
Favourite track: Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye by Ella Fitzgerald Book: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy Luxury: Typewriter and paper
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor and playwright John Osborne.
Luxury: Perfume
Roy Plomley's castaway is mezzo-soprano Elena Gerhardt.
Book: A philosophical work by Johann Wolfgang Goethe Luxury: Tapestry-making kit
Roy Plomley's castaway is journalist and broadcaster Richard Dimbleby.
Luxury: Piano
Roy Plomley's castaway is prima ballerina Alicia Markova.
Luxury: Perfume
Roy Plomley's castaways are comedians Elsie & Doris Waters.
Book: The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame and Diary of a Nobody by George Grossmith Luxury: Sunshade and a garbage disposal unit
Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Elisabeth Schwarzkopf.
Book: French cookery book Luxury: Sun-tan oil
Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian Lupino Lane.
Luxury: Camera
Roy Plomley's castaway is DJ Christopher Stone.
Luxury: Paper and fountain pen
Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Leopold Stokowski.
Luxury: Tape recorder
Roy Plomley's castaway is horticulturalist Fred Streeter.
Book: Gardening dictionary Luxury: Greenhouse for growing orchids
Roy Plomley's castaway is French horn player Dennis Brain.
Book: Back numbers of motor magazines Luxury: Typewriter and paper