Desert Island Discs: Archive 1981-1985

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

1 Tammi 198341min

Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Mary Ellis.Favourite track: Gloria by Ariel Ramirez Book: Encyclopaedia Luxury: Writing materials

25 Joulu 198234min

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

18 Joulu 198236min

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

4 Joulu 198233min

Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Helen Mirren.Favourite track: Pass The Dutchie by Musical Youth Book: The Bhagavad-Gita Luxury: Silk underwear

27 Marras 198234min

Roy Plomley's castaway is writer P D James.Favourite track: St Matthew Passion (First Chorus) by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Middlemarch by George Eliot Luxury: Claret

20 Marras 198232min

Roy Plomley's castaway is baritone Thomas Allen.Favourite track: Concerto in C For Violin, Cello, Piano by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte Luxury: Golf clubs and balls

6 Marras 198233min

Lord Tonypandy, George Thomas, now Chairman of the National Children's Homes, was Speaker of the House of Commons from 1976 to 1983. He was invited to choose the eight records he would take to the myt...

30 Loka 198236min