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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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    Captain Jacques Cousteau Jul 10, 1982
    Show notes

    Roy Plomley's castaway is oceanographer Captain Jacques Cousteau.

    Favourite track: Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue In D Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Essays by Michel de Montaigne Luxury: Stone from stomach of a fossilised dinosaur

    John Mortimer QC Jul 03, 1982
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    Roy Plomley's castaway is barrister John Mortimer QC.

    Favourite track: Soave Sia Il Vento by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: The Oxford Book of English Verse by Arthur Quiller-Couch Luxury: Bath

    Eric Newby Jun 19, 1982
    Show notes

    Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Eric Newby.

    Favourite track: The Flies Crawled Up The Window by Jack Hulbert Book: Dictionary of National Biography Luxury: Whisky

    Sir Anton Dolin Jun 12, 1982
    Show notes

    Roy Plomley's castaway is choreographer Sir Anton Dolin.

    Favourite track: La Traviata Act 3 Prelude by Giuseppe Verdi Book: Friends and Memories by Sir Anton Dolin Luxury: Electric razor

    Delia Smith Jun 05, 1982
    Show notes

    Roy Plomley's castaway is cookery expert Delia Smith.

    Favourite track: Lief by Rhos Male Choir Book: Autobiography by Saint Therese of Lisieux Luxury: Writing materials

    Desmond Hawkins May 29, 1982
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    Roy Plomley's castaway is founder of the BBC's Natural History Unit Desmond Hawkins.

    Favourite track: Octet In F Major by Franz Schubert Book: Field guide to the birds of the island Luxury: Binoculars

    Marti Webb May 22, 1982
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    Roy Plomley's castaway is actress and singer Marti Webb.

    Favourite track: The Dreaded Batter Pudding Hurler Of Bexhill-0n-Sea by The Goons Book: Illustrated dictionary Luxury: Piano

    Julian Symons May 15, 1982
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    Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Julian Symons.

    Favourite track: The Quarry by W. H. Auden Book: Bleak House by Charles Dickens Luxury: Couch

    Lucia Popp May 08, 1982
    Show notes

    Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Lucia Popp.

    Favourite track: Teddy Bears' Picnic by Henry Hall and BBC Dance Orchestra Book: The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann Luxury: Teddy bear

    Jenny Agutter May 01, 1982
    Show notes

    Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Jenny Agutter.

    Favourite track: Fantasia On A Theme By Thomas Tallis by Ralph Vaughan Williams Book: The Oxford Book of English Verse by Arthur Quiller-Couch Luxury: Oriental rug

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