Desert Island Discs: Archive 1976-1980

BBC Radio 4

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Clive James
16/2/2017 | 39 mins.
Roy Plomley's castaway is broadcaster and writer Clive James.Favourite track: Baby Love by Diana Ross and The Supremes Book: Book about how to build a plane out of palm fronds and coconut fibre by Willy Messerschmitt Luxury: Space invaders
Placido Domingo
27/12/1980 | 34 mins.
Roy Plomley's castaway is tenor Placido Domingo.Favourite track: Otello by Giuseppe Verdi Book: Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Luxury: Video player and cassettes of his own performances
Arthur Askey
20/12/1980 | 33 mins.
Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian Arthur Askey.Favourite track: Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Book: Guinness Book of Records Luxury: Piano
Neville Marriner
13/12/1980 | 34 mins.
Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Neville Marriner.Favourite track: There Is No Rose by King's College Chapel Choir Book: Life On Earth by David Attenborough Luxury: Violin
Jose Carreras
06/12/1980 | 30 mins.
Roy Plomley's castaway is tenor Jose Carreras.Favourite track: Your Tiny Hand is Frozen (Che gelida manina) (from La Boheme) by Giacomo Puccini Book: Poems by Rabindranath Tagore Luxury: Velazquez, Les Hilanderas