Desert Island Discs

Roy Plomley's castaway is prima donna Dame Eva Turner.Favourite track: Umbra Di Nube by Claudia Muzio Book: Inferno by Dante Alighieri Luxury: Castanets

Roy Plomley's castaway is playwright John Osborne.Favourite track: The Lark Ascending by Ralph Vaughan Williams Book: Holy Living and Holy Dying by Jeremy Taylor Luxury: Piano and an instruction book

Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Petula Clark.Favourite track: Ein Heldenleben by Richard Strauss Book: Short Stories by John Steinbeck Luxury: Piano

Roy Plomley's castaway is Lord Mayor of London Sir Christopher Leaver.Favourite track: Triple Concerto in C Major by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians Luxury: Wine cellar

Roy Plomley's castaway is former US ambassador Professor J K Galbraith.Favourite track: Oh What A Beautiful Morning by Alfred Drake Book: Personally compiled anthology Luxury: Typewriter and paper

Roy Plomley's castaway is Beatle Paul McCartneyPresented by Roy Plomley.Favourite track: Beautiful Boy by John Lennon Book: Linda's pictures by Linda McCartney Luxury: Guitar

Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian Frankie Howerd.Favourite track: Jerusalem by Blake/Parry Book: David Copperfield by Charles Dickens Luxury: Cross given to him by his mother

Roy Plomley's castaway is broadcaster Angela Rippon.Favourite track: Jupiter by Gustav Holst Book: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Luxury: Water colours, brushes and paper

Roy Plomley's castaway is historian Martin Gilbert.Favourite track: M'Appari by Beniamino Gigli Book: The document volumes of the Churchill biography by Martin Gilbert Luxury: Drawings of his two children

Roy Plomley's castaway is footballer Trevor Brooking.Favourite track: What Kind Of Fool by Barbra Steisand & Barry Gibb Book: Crossword puzzles and pencils Luxury: Golf clubs and balls

Roy Plomley's castaway is the managing director of the ENO George Lascelles.Favourite track: Piano Sonata In A by Franz Schubert Book: Anthology of Poetry Luxury: Typewriter

Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Helene Hanff.Favourite track: In Tears Of Grief by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Memoirs by Louis De Rouvroy Luxury: Scrabble

Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Jack Higgins.Favourite track: Piano Concerto No. 4 In G Minor by Sergei Rachmaninov Book: The Four Quartets by T S Eliot Luxury: Writing materials

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Alan Howard.Favourite track: Symphony No. 15 In D by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: Piano manual Luxury: Piano

Roy Plomley's castaway is RAF pilot Sir Douglas Bader.Favourite track: I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing by The New Seekers Book: Complete works by Lord Tennyson Luxury: Sand iron and golf balls

Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Diana Dors.Book: Autobiography by Diana Dors Luxury: Chocolates

Roy Plomley's castaway is novelist James Clavell.Favourite track: The Impossible Dream by Roberta Flack Book: The Koran

Roy Plomley's castaway is archaeologist Professor Glyn Daniel.Favourite track: Partita No. 1 in B Flat by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable Luxury: Wine

Roy Plomley's castaway is photographer Patrick Lichfield.Favourite track: As Time Goes By by Dooley Wilson Book: Book with blank cork pages Luxury: Astronomical telescope

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Joseph Cotten.Favourite track: Symphony No. 1 in C Minor by Johannes Brahms Book: Gardening manual Luxury: Boat building book

Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Elspeth Huxley.Favourite track: Piano Concerto in A Minor by Edvard Grieg Book: Novels by P G Wodehouse Luxury: Camera and film

Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Montserrat Caballe.Luxury: Record box

Roy Plomley's castaways are the musical collective Beaux Arts Trio.Book: Books about gardening, painting and boat handling Luxury: Violin & strings and a piano

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor James Mason.Favourite track: My Man by Billie Holiday Book: Ada by Vladimir Nabokov Luxury: Guitar

Roy Plomley's castaway is writer, journalist and broadcaster Malcolm Muggeridge.Favourite track: Exultate Jubilate by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: Writings by Dr Samuel Johnson Luxury: Beehive

Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Jessye Norman.Favourite track: Love Duet by Richard Wagner Book: Diaries by Virginia Woolf Luxury: Perrier Water

Roy Plomley's castaway is racing driver Alan Jones.Favourite track: Reminiscing by Little River Band Book: Eagle in the Sky by Wilbur Smith Luxury: Australian lager

Roy Plomley's castaway is puppeteer Frank Oz.Favourite track: Don't Get Around Much Anymore by Mose Allison Book: The complete works by Emily Dickinson Luxury: Clean sheets

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Paul Eddington.Favourite track: St Matthew Passion No 45-46 by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Experiences of an Irish RM by Martin Ross Luxury: Ivon Hitchens, Boathouse at Dawn

Roy Plomley's castaway is world champion athlete Sebastian Coe.Favourite track: A Foggy Day by Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armsrtong Book: The Penguin Dorothy Parker by Dorothy Parker Luxury: Bed

Roy Plomley's castaway is producer Terry Hands.Favourite track: String Quartet in C by Franz Joseph Haydn Book: Dictionary Luxury: Cello

Roy Plomley's castaway is cellist Julian Lloyd Webber.Favourite track: Cello Concerto in E Minor by Edward Elgar Book: History of Orient Football Club Luxury: Cello

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Roger Moore.Favourite track: New York, New York by Frank Sinatra Book: Nobel House by James Clavell Luxury: Video player and films of family

Roy Plomley's castaway is astronomer Carl Sagan.Favourite track: Partita No. 3 in E by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Boy Scout hand book Luxury: Reflecting telescope

Roy Plomley's castaway is director Gillian Lynne.Favourite track: Concerto For Double String Orchestra by Michael Tippett Book: French language course Luxury: Eyelash curlers

Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Gloria Swanson.Favourite track: Un Bel Di Vedremo by Giacomo Puccini Book: The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran Luxury: Telephone

Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Morris West.Favourite track: Sinfonia Concertante In E Flat Major by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: Meditations Upon Our Human Condition by John Donne Luxury: Pencils and paper

Roy Plomley's castaway is tenor Giuseppe Di Stefano.Favourite track: Qui La Voce Sua Soave by Vincenzo Bellini Book: Maria by Arianna Stassinopoulos Luxury: Roulette table

Roy Plomley's castaway is anthropologist Richard Leakey.Favourite track: Solo Whale by Frank Watlington Book: Touch The Earth by T C McLuhan Luxury: Pillow

Roy Plomley's castaway is Home Secretary The Rt Hon William Whitelaw.Favourite track: White Christmas by Bing Crosby Book: The World That Fred Made by Bernard Darwin Luxury: Bath with a hot water system

Roy Plomley's castaway is bass singer Eric Shilling.Favourite track: Deh Vieni Non Tardar by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: Collin's Albatross Book of Verse by Louis Untermeyer Luxury: Astronomical telescope

Roy Plomley's castaway is composer Edmund Rubbra.Favourite track: Symphony No .9 In C by Franz Schubert Book: Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne Luxury: Music manuscript paper

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Sir John Gielgud.Favourite track: Double Concerto in D Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu by Marcel Proust

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

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

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

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

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

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

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