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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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Natalie Wood May 10, 1980

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Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Natalie Wood.

Favourite track: American Pie by Don MacLean Book: Poetry by e e cummings Luxury: Piano

Lindsay Anderson May 03, 1980

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Roy Plomley's castaway is director Lindsay Anderson.

Favourite track: Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 In B Flat Major by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Les Thibault by Roger Martin Du Gard Luxury: Mixed flower seeds and a watering can

Salvatore Accardo Apr 26, 1980

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Roy Plomley's castaway is violinist Salvatore Accardo.

Favourite track: Che Faro Senza Euridice by Christoph Willibald Ritter von Gluck Book: The Odyssey by Homer Luxury: Violin and strings

Erich Segal Apr 19, 1980

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Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Erich Segal.

Favourite track: A Fifth Of Beethoven by Walter Murphy Band Book: The Odyssey by Homer Luxury: Stop watch

Leonard Rossiter Apr 12, 1980

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Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Leonard Rossiter.

Favourite track: Max At The Met by Max Miller Book: Three early novels by P G Wodehouse Luxury: Moselle wine

Commissioner Catherine Bramwell-Booth Apr 05, 1980

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Roy Plomley's castaway is Salvation Army Commissioner Catherine Bramwell-Booth.

Favourite track: Hallelujah Chorus by George Frideric Handel Book: The Salvation Army Songbook Luxury: Strong, wooden armchair

Donald Pleasence Mar 29, 1980

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Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Donald Pleasence.

Favourite track: Dies Irae by Giuseppe Verdi Book: The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky and Crime & Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky Luxury: Writing materials

Frances Perry Mar 22, 1980

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Roy Plomley's castaway is horticulturalist Frances Perry.

Favourite track: Stars and Stripes Forever by Royal Military School Of Music Band and Trumpeters Book: Survival manual Luxury: Lamp with solar batteries

Geoffrey Household Mar 15, 1980

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Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Geoffrey Household.

Favourite track: Symphony No. 5 In C Minor by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: Elizabethan lyrics from songbooks and dramatists Luxury: Claret

Kiri Te Kanawa Mar 08, 1980

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Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Kiri Te Kanawa.

Favourite track: Flute Concerto No. 1 in G by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy Luxury: Cooking knives