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**Desert Island Discs**

Eight tracks, a book and a luxury: what would you take to a desert island? Guests share the soundtrack of their lives.

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Zandra Rhodes Feb 12, 1983

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Roy Plomley's castaway is designer Zandra Rhodes.

Favourite track: Bolero by Maurice Ravel Book: Household Management by Mrs Beeton Luxury: Sketchbook, pens and pencils

Beryl Reid Feb 05, 1983

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Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Beryl Reid.

Favourite track: Let The Bright Seraphim by George Frideric Handel Book: Forever Amber by Kathleen Winsor Luxury: Silk garment

Tim Severin Jan 29, 1983

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Roy Plomley's castaway is explorer Tim Severin.

Favourite track: Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien by Edith Piaf Book: Pax Britannica by Jan Morris Luxury: Herb garden

Gwyneth Jones Jan 22, 1983

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Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Gwyneth Jones.

Favourite track: L'Incoronazione Di Poppea by Claudio Monteverdi Book: The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran Luxury: Piano with bath salts

Baroness Maria Von Trapp Jan 15, 1983

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Roy Plomley's castaway is the inspiration behind The Sound Of Music, Maria Von Trapp.

Favourite track: Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F Major by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: True funny stories in German Luxury: Statue of Madonna and child, 17th century

Steve Davis Jan 08, 1983

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Roy Plomley's castaway is snooker player Steve Davis.

Favourite track: I Need You Now by George Duke Book: The Throwback and Wilt by Tom Sharpe Luxury: Snooker table

Rachel Billington Jan 01, 1983

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Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Rachel Billington.

Favourite track: Symphony No. 2 in E Minor by Sergei Rachmaninov Book: Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy Luxury: Writing materials

Mary Ellis Dec 25, 1982

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Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Mary Ellis.

Favourite track: Gloria by Ariel Ramirez Book: Encyclopaedia Luxury: Writing materials

Gyorgy Ligeti Dec 18, 1982

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Roy Plomley's castaway is composer Gyorgy Ligeti.

Favourite track: String Quintet In C by Franz Schubert Book: Alice In Wonderland by Lewis Carroll Luxury: Hieronymus Bosch, Garden Of Earthly Delights

Alan Price Dec 04, 1982

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Roy Plomley's castaway is musician Alan Price.

Favourite track: I Ain't Got Nobody by Louis Prima Book: The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame Luxury: Piano