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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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Buddy Rich May 09, 1981

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Roy Plomley's castaway is bandleader and drummer Buddy Rich.

Favourite track: The Girl On The Rock by Ralph Brewster Singers Book: The Story of O by Pauline Reage Luxury: Ferrari

Sir Frederick Ashton May 02, 1981

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Roy Plomley's castaway is choreographer Sir Frederick Ashton.

Favourite track: Piano Concerto No. 21 in C by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu by Marcel Proust Luxury: Cards

Stewart Granger Apr 25, 1981

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Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Stewart Granger.

Favourite track: Piano Concerto No. 5 In E Flat Major by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: Collected works by Ernest Hemingway Luxury: Gold statuette of Sir Winston Churchill

Princess Grace of Monaco Apr 18, 1981

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Roy Plomley's castaway is Princess Grace Of Monaco.

Favourite track: Berceuse In D Flat by Frédéric Chopin Book: Plays by George Kelly Luxury: Pillow

Sir Fitzroy MacLean Apr 11, 1981

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Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Sir Fitzroy MacLean.

Favourite track: Piano Concerto No. 5 In E Flat Major by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy Luxury: Writing materials

Patricia Ruanne Mar 28, 1981

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Roy Plomley's castaway is ballerina Patricia Ruanne.

Favourite track: Romeo and Juliet Ballet Suite by Sergei Prokofiev Book: The Lord of the Rings by J R R Tolkien Luxury: Sunglasses

Russell Harty Mar 21, 1981

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Roy Plomley's castaway is broadcaster Russell Harty.

Favourite track: In The Bleak Midwinter by King's College Chapel Choir Book: A History of Craven by E T Whittaker Luxury: Flagpole and Union Jack

Peter Nichols Mar 14, 1981

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Roy Plomley's castaway is playwright Peter Nichols.

Favourite track: He Trusted In God by George Frideric Handel Book: Collected essays by George Orwell Luxury: Vibraphone

Daniel Massey Mar 07, 1981

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Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Daniel Massey.

Favourite track: Violin Concerto in D by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: Ego by James Agate Luxury: Wine

Carla Lane Feb 28, 1981

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Roy Plomley's castaway is writer and comedian Carla Lane.

Favourite track: Violin Concerto in D by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Book: Dictionary of quotations Luxury: French Shampoo

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