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Desert Island Discs: Archive 1976-1980

Desert Island Discs: Archive 1976-1980

BBC Radio 4

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

247 - Tolchard Evans
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  • 247 - Tolchard Evans

    Roy Plomley's castaway is composer Tolchard Evans.

    Favourite track: Lady Of Spain by Capital Symphony Book: Candide by Voltaire Luxury: Manuscript paper and pens

    Mon, 30 Aug 1976
  • 246 - 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

    Thu, 16 Feb 2017
  • 245 - Lauren Bacall

    Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Lauren Bacall.

    Favourite track: My Mistress' Eyes (Sonnet 130) by William Shakespeare Book: Collected Short Stories by John Cheever Luxury: Sun tan lotion

    Sat, 03 Mar 1979
  • 244 - Jacqueline Du Pre

    Roy Plomley's castaway is cellist Jacqueline Du Pré.

    Favourite track: Piano Quintet In A Major by Franz Schubert Book: Thesaurus by Roget Luxury: Pencils and paper

    Sat, 19 Mar 1977
  • 243 - Jack Brymer

    Roy Plomley's castaway is clarinettist Jack Brymer.

    Favourite track: String Quintet No. 3 in G Minor by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: The collected works by Charles Dickens Luxury: Piano

    Sat, 26 May 1979
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