Desert Island Discs: Archive 1971-1975

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

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

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

Roy Plomley's castaway is cricket commentator John Arlott.

Favourite track: Fern Hill by Dylan Thomas Book: Tristram Shandy by Laurence Sterne Luxury: Champagne

Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Patricia Hayes.

Favourite track: Nocturne No. 8 In D Flat (Opus 72) by Frédéric Chopin Book: Kristin Lauransdatter by Sigrid Undset Luxury: Four-poster bed

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor James Stewart.

Favourite track: Dream by The Pied Pipers Book: Musical arrangements by Dave Brubeck Luxury: Piano

Roy Plomley's castaway is journalist and broadcaster David Dimbleby.

Favourite track: Concerto in D Minor For Violin, Oboe and Strings by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: The Oxford English Dictionary Luxury: Havana cigars

Roy Plomley's castaway is critic Philip Hope-Wallace.

Favourite track: Dies Irae and Salve Me by Giuseppe Verdi Book: Faust by Johann Wolfgang Goethe Luxury: Ivory chess set

Roy Plomley's castaway is commentator Eddie Waring.

Favourite track: The Twenty-Third Psalm by Glasgow Orpheus Choir Book: Bradshaw's Railway Timetable Luxury: Couch

Roy Plomley's castaway is barrister Edward Robey.

Favourite track: Selig, Wie Die Sonne by Richard Wagner Book: Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians Luxury: German white wine

Roy Plomley's castaway is horticulturalist Bill Sowerbutts.

Favourite track: Les Francs Juges (Overture) by Hector Berlioz Book: English Dictionary Luxury: Tobacco seeds and a brewing vat

Roy Plomley's castaway is pianist Joseph Cooper.

Favourite track: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini by Sergei Rachmaninov Book: Come Hither by Walter de la Mare Luxury: Dummy piano keyboard

Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian John Reed.

Favourite track: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor by Sergei Rachmaninov Book: Do-it-yourself manual Luxury: Painting materials

Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Margaret Lockwood.

Favourite track: Fur Elise by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: Encyclopaedia Britannica Luxury: Piano

Roy Plomley's castaway is BBC Far East correspondent Anthony Lawrence.

Favourite track: Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 In G Major by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu by Marcel Proust Luxury: Two armchairs

Roy Plomley's castaway is jazz violinist Stephane Grappelli.

Favourite track: Gary by Stephane Grappelli, Marc Hemmeler, Jack Sewing Book: Atlas Luxury: Koh-I-Noor diamond

Roy Plomley's castaway is novelist and playwright Henry Cecil.

Favourite track: String Quartet in B Flat by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: Modern English Usage by Henry W Fowler Luxury: Aspirin

Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Charles Groves.

Favourite track: Siegmund's Spring Song by Richard Wagner Book: Anthology of English Verse Luxury: Cigars

Plomley's castaway is broadcaster Joan Bakewell.

Favourite track: Mefistofele (Prologue) by Nicola Moscona & Robert Shaw Book: The collected works by James Joyce Luxury: Yellow Lamborghini

Roy Plomley's castaway is diplomat Sir Geoffrey Jackson.

Favourite track: Gloria by Los Fronterizos Book: The Lord of the Rings by J R R Tolkien Luxury: Spanish guitar

Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Raymond Leppard.

Favourite track: Et Resurrexit by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: The Iliad by Homer and The Odyssey by Homer Luxury: Gin, dry Martini and lemons

Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Alice Delysia.

Favourite track: C'est La Saison D'Amour by Oscar Straus Book: Les Miserables by Victor Hugo Luxury: Bed

Roy Plomley's castaway is artist David Hockney.

Favourite track: Liebestod by Richard Wagner Book: Route 69 by Floyd Carter Luxury: Paper, pencils and a battery-operated sharpener

Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Gwen Berryman.

Favourite track: Trumpet Voluntary by Jeremiah Clarke Book: Cookery book Luxury: Writing materials

Roy Plomley's castaway is concert pianist Alfred Brendel.

Favourite track: Prelude No 24 In B Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Lieder by Franz Schubert Luxury: Bavarian rococo church

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Michael Crawford.

Favourite track: Singin' In The Rain by Gene Kelly Book: A Book of Beauty by John Hadfield Luxury: Cherry tree

Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian Ronnie Corbett.

Favourite track: I Know That My Redeemer Liveth by George Frideric Handel Book: Handbook on tropical vegetation Luxury: Golf clubs and balls

Roy Plomley's castaway is organist Reginald Foort.

Favourite track: Lullaby Of Broadway by Joe Loss and his Orchestra Book: Back numbers of the Reader's Digest Luxury: Organ

Roy Plomley's castaway is cricketer Geoff Boycott.

Favourite track: My Way by Frank Sinatra Book: Set of Wisden Luxury: Telephone line to a sports newspaper

Roy Plomley's castaway is poet and writer Laurie Lee.

Favourite track: String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: The Atlantic Book of British and American Poetry by Edith Sitwell Luxury: Materials for making wine or beer

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor and broadcaster Alan Keith.

Favourite track: Symphony No. 5 In C Minor by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: The Oxford Book of English Verse Luxury: Model-making tools

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor John Mills.

Favourite track: Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D Major by Edward Elgar Book: Book on zoology Luxury: Piano

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor and playwright Arnold Ridley.

Favourite track: Tannhäuser (Overture) by Richard Wagner Book: Bradshaw's Railway Timetable Luxury: Wine-making kit

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

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

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

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

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

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 Luxury: Group photograph of friends

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

Roy Plomley's castaway is broadcaster Leslie Mitchell.

Favourite track: Summer Night On The River by Frederick Delius Book: Biography of Leonardo Da Vinci Luxury: Silver box containing a miniature singing bird

Roy Plomley's castaway is broadcaster Brian Johnston.

Favourite track: Double Damask by Cicely Courtneidge & Ivor McLaren Book: Funny Way to be a Hero by James Fisher Luxury: Automatic bowling machine & cricket balls

Roy Plomley's castaway is bandleader Roy Fox.

Favourite track: Whispering by Roy Fox and his Orchestra Book: Volume of crossword puzzles Luxury: Radio receiver

Roy Plomley's castaway is playwright Sir Terence Rattigan.

Favourite track: Forty Years On by Harrow School Boys Book: The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon Luxury: Dom Perignon Champagne

Roy Plomley's castaway is scientist and broadcaster Dr Jacob Bronowski.

Favourite track: Se Vuol Ballare by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: Volume on chess championship play Luxury: Antique chess set

Roy Plomley's castaway is romantic novelist Denise Robins.

Favourite track: Die Walkure by Richard Wagner Book: Encyclopaedia Britannica Luxury: Family photograph

Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Beverly Sills.

Favourite track: Salome by Richard Strauss Book: Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell Luxury: Telephone

Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor and musicologist Imogen Holst.

Favourite track: Rondo by Henry Purcell Book: Reverend Francis Kilvert, Diary 1870-1879 by Rev Francis Kilvert Luxury: Spy-glass

Roy Plomley's castaway is water colourist Edward Ardizzone.

Favourite track: Piano Concerto No 5 In E Flat Major by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens Luxury: Malt whisky and drawing paper

Roy Plomley's castaway is master of the Queen's Music Sir Arthur Bliss.

Favourite track: Fair Is My Love by Arthur Bliss Book: The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann Wyss Luxury: Pair of field glasses

Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Alec Robertson.

Favourite track: In Paradisum by Gabriel Fauré Book: 48 Preludes and fugues by Bach Luxury: Piano

Roy Plomley's castaway is choreographer Leonide Massine.

Favourite track: I Have Attained The Highest Power by Modest Mussorgsky Book: The Theory of Choreography by Leonide Massine

Roy Plomley's castaway is violinist Isaac Stern.

Book: Encyclopaedia Britannica Luxury: Refrigerator

Roy Plomley's castaway is concert pianist Artur Rubinstein.

Favourite track: String Quintet In C by Franz Schubert Book: Any one from his library Luxury: Revolver