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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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Carl Sagan Jul 18, 1981

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Roy Plomley's castaway is astronomer Carl Sagan.

Favourite track: Partita No. 3 in E by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Boy Scout hand book Luxury: Reflecting telescope

Gillian Lynne Jul 11, 1981

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Roy Plomley's castaway is director Gillian Lynne.

Favourite track: Concerto For Double String Orchestra by Michael Tippett Book: French language course Luxury: Eyelash curlers

Gloria Swanson Jul 04, 1981

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Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Gloria Swanson.

Favourite track: Un Bel Di Vedremo by Giacomo Puccini Book: The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran Luxury: Telephone

Morris West Jun 27, 1981

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Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Morris West.

Favourite track: Sinfonia Concertante In E Flat Major by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: Meditations Upon Our Human Condition by John Donne Luxury: Pencils and paper

Giuseppe Di Stefano Jun 20, 1981

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Roy Plomley's castaway is tenor Giuseppe Di Stefano.

Favourite track: Qui La Voce Sua Soave by Vincenzo Bellini Book: Maria by Arianna Stassinopoulos Luxury: Roulette table

Richard Leakey Jun 13, 1981

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Roy Plomley's castaway is anthropologist Richard Leakey.

Favourite track: Solo Whale by Frank Watlington Book: Touch The Earth by T C McLuhan Luxury: Pillow

Rt Hon William Whitelaw Jun 06, 1981

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Roy Plomley's castaway is Home Secretary The Rt Hon William Whitelaw.

Favourite track: White Christmas by Bing Crosby Book: The World That Fred Made by Bernard Darwin Luxury: Bath with a hot water system

Eric Shilling May 30, 1981

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Roy Plomley's castaway is bass singer Eric Shilling.

Favourite track: Deh Vieni Non Tardar by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: Collin's Albatross Book of Verse by Louis Untermeyer Luxury: Astronomical telescope

Edmund Rubbra May 23, 1981

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Roy Plomley's castaway is composer Edmund Rubbra.

Favourite track: Symphony No .9 In C by Franz Schubert Book: Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne Luxury: Music manuscript paper

Sir John Gielgud May 16, 1981

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Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Sir John Gielgud.

Favourite track: Double Concerto in D Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu by Marcel Proust