DiscoverDesert Island Discs: Archive 1966-1970
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Roy Plomley's castaway is head chorister Quentin Poole.Favourite track: Mariner Man by William Walton
Book: Novels by Agatha Christie
Luxury: Flute and music
Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Joan Hammond.Favourite track: Piano Concerto No. 5 In F by Jeanne Marie Darre
Book: The Oxford English Dictionary
Luxury: Toothbrush and toothpaste
Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Nyree Dawn Porter.Favourite track: Brief Lives by Roy Dotrice
Book: The Thurber Carnival by James Thurber
Luxury: Umbrella
Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Isidore Godfrey.Favourite track: Symphony in D Minor by César Franck
Book: The scores of the symphonies by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Luxury: Piano
Roy Plomley's castaway is singer Val Doonican.Favourite track: Scarborough Fair by Simon & Garfunkel
Book: A Big Anthology
Luxury: Guitar
Roy Plomley's castaway is field marshal Viscount Montgomery of Alamein.Favourite track: Sei Nicht Bos (from Der Obersteiger) by Carl Zeller
Book: The History of Warfare by Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
Luxury: Piano
Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian, actor and pianist Dudley Moore.Favourite track: Symphony No 3 in E Flat Major (Opus 55) by Ludwig van Beethoven
Book: Study of psychology
Luxury: Piano
Roy Plomley's castaway is foreign correspondent Anthony Grey.Favourite track: Concerto Grosso in C Major by George Frideric Handel
Book: Dictionary
Luxury: Book stall in Victoria station
Roy Plomley's castaway is car designer and former racer Raymond Mays.Favourite track: Love Will Find a Way by Jose Collins
Book: Gaiety, Theatre of Enchantment by W MacQueen-Pope
Luxury: Umbrella
Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Henry Williamson.Favourite track: Tristan und Isolde (Act 3) by Richard Wagner
Book: The Story of My Heart by Richard Jefferies
Luxury: Cor anglais
Roy Plomley's castaway is tenor Peter Pears.Favourite track: Moonlight (from Peter Grimes) by Benjamin Britten
Book: Tropical Plants and Their Cultivation by Louis Bruggeman
Luxury: Bed
Roy Plomley's castaway is actress and singer Evelyn Laye.Favourite track: There Are Bad Times Just Around the Corner by Noel Coward
Book: White Magic by Alice Bailey
Luxury: Cosmetics
Roy Plomley's castaway is newsreader Alvar Lidell.Favourite track: String Quintet in C by Franz Schubert
Book: Oxford English Dictionary
Luxury: Playing cards
Roy Plomley's castaway is pianist Dr Elsie Hall.Favourite track: Symphony No 1 in C Minor by Johannes Brahms
Book: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Luxury: Billiard table, cue and balls
Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian and musician Hetty King.Book: History of the world
Luxury: Parrot
Roy Plomley's castaway is round-the-world sailor Sir Alec Rose.Favourite track: The Lord's Prayer by Eric Rogers Chorale and Orchestra
Book: History of England
Luxury: Radio receiver
Roy Plomley's castaway is owner of the Flying Scotsman Alan Pegler.Favourite track: Water Music Suite by George Frideric Handel
Book: Complete Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Luxury: Insect repellent
Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian Arthur Askey.Favourite track: Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Book: Golf instruction book
Luxury: Golf clubs and balls
Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian Sandy Powell.Favourite track: Silent Night by Bing Crosby
Book: My Autobiography by Charlie Chaplin
Luxury: Violin
Roy Plomley's castaway is Senior Director of Music Lieutenant Colonel C H Jaeger.Favourite track: Suite No 3 in D Major by Johann Sebastian Bach
Book: Anthology of modern British poetry
Luxury: Chess set