Desert Island Discs

Roy Plomley's castaway is HRH Princess Margaret.Favourite track: Swan Lake by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Book: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy Luxury: Piano

Roy Plomley's castaway is writer John Fowles.Book: Dictionary of National Biography Luxury: Field glasses

Roy Plomley's castaway is ice-skating champion Robin Cousins.Favourite track: Carmen Ballet by Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra Book: Shogun by James Clavell Luxury: Marzipan

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

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

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

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

Roy Plomley's castaway is boxer Alan Minter.Favourite track: My Way by Frank Sinatra Book: Survival manual Luxury: Solar-powered transistor radio

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Tom Conti.Favourite track: Dies Irae by Giuseppe Verdi Book: Summerhill by A S Neill Luxury: Piano

Roy Plomley's castaway is archaeologist Jacquetta Hawkes.Favourite track: Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in A Major by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: Collected works by Johann Wolfgang Goethe Luxury: Wine

Roy Plomley's castaway is musical director of the English National Opera Mark Elder.Favourite track: I Used To Be Colour Blind by Fred Astaire Book: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy Luxury: Sherry

Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Derek Tangye.Favourite track: Symphony No. 2 in E Minor by Sergei Rachmaninov Book: A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu by Marcel Proust Luxury: Astronomical telescope

Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Catherine Gaskin.Favourite track: String Quartet in C Sharp Minor by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: The Story of Civilization by William Durant Luxury: Piano

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor and playwright Brian Glover.Favourite track: Like A Rolling Stone by Bob Dylan Book: Card Games by John Scarne Luxury: MGTD 2952 car

Roy Plomley's castaway is the General Administrator of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Sir John TooleyFavourite track: The Marriage Of Figaro (Act 2 Finale) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: The Oxford Book of English Verse Luxury: Sugared apricots

Roy Plomley's castaway is naturalist and writer Ronald Lockley.Favourite track: Prelude A L'Apres Midi D'Un Faune by Claude Debussy Book: The Natural History of Selborne by Gilbert White Luxury: Telescope

Roy Plomley's castaway is novelist and TV writer Andrea Newman.Favourite track: Im Abendrot by Richard Strauss Book: The Weather in the Streets by Rosamund Lehmann Luxury: Champagne

Roy Plomley's castaways are producers Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger.Favourite track: Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss Book: Essays by Michel de Montaigne and Herzog by Saul Bellow Luxury: Brandy and a blank log book

Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Antal Dorati.Favourite track: Rondo Capriccioso by Felix Mendelssohn Book: The Golden Man by Yokoi Luxury: Italian landscape drawing from his collection

Roy Plomley's castaway is photographer Antony Armstrong-Jones, The Earl Of Snowdon.Favourite track: Swan Lake (Finale) by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Book: A History of Architecture on the Comparative Method by Sir Banister Fletcher Luxury: Painting Materials

Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Renata Scotto.Favourite track: Sola, Perduta, Abbandonata by Giacomo Puccini Book: Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri Luxury: Silver shadow Rolls Royce

Roy Plomley's castaway is sailor and writer Tristan Jones.Favourite track: 1812 Overture by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Book: Modern wooden yacht construction Luxury: 12 foot by 8 foot Union Jack

Roy Plomley's castaway is composer Stephen Sondheim.Favourite track: Porgy and Bess by Lawrence Winters and Others Book: Collected works by E B White Luxury: Piano

Roy Plomley's castaway is writer William Trevor.Favourite track: Clarinet Quintet In B Minor by Johannes Brahms Book: Lives of the Saints by Alban Butler Luxury: Grapevines

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Gregory Peck.Favourite track: Symphony No. 7 In A Major by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: Abraham Lincoln by Carl Sandburg Luxury: Cases of Chateau Lafite-Rothschild

Roy Plomley's castaway is broadcaster David Scott Blackhall.Favourite track: Our Love Is Here To Stay by George Gershwin Book: The Oxford Book of English Verse Luxury: Perkins Brailler and paper

Roy Plomley's castaway is World Champion decathlete Daley Thompson.Favourite track: Unchained Melody by George Benson Book: Novels by John Wyndham Luxury: Guitar and instruction book

Roy Plomley's castaway is composer Tom Lehrer.Favourite track: Der Rosenkavalier Waltzes by Richard Strauss Book: The Oxford English Dictionary Luxury: Piano

Roy Plomley's castaway is writer V S Naipaul.Favourite track: Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: Teach yourself mathematics Luxury: The Enlightened Buddha

Roy Plomley's castaway is dog trainer Barbara Woodhouse.Favourite track: Skye Boat Song by Adrian Brett Book: Talking To Animals by Barbara Woodhouse Luxury: Mother's ormolu clock

Roy Plomley's castaway is soldier and writer General Sir John Hackett.Favourite track: String Quartet No. 13 in B Flat Major by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: 1001 Gems of English Poetry Luxury: Six dozen bottles of Chateau La Tour 1962

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Freddie Jones.Book: The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame Luxury: Liebig condenser for distilling gin

Roy Plomley's castaway is tenor Robert Tear.Favourite track: Concerto For Double String Orchestra by Michael Tippett Book: The Wisdom of Insecurity by Alan Watts Luxury: Postcards of paintings with poems on the back

Roy Plomley's castaway is jazz pianist Earl Hines.Favourite track: Trust In Me by Dinah Washington & Quincy Jones and his Orchestra Book: The World of Duke Ellington by Stanley Dance Luxury: Physical culture equipment

Roy Plomley's castaway is Master of the Rolls The Rt Hon Lord Alfred Denning.Favourite track: Fantasia On Greensleeves by Ralph Vaughan Williams Book: The Golden Treasury by Francis Palgrave Luxury: Indian tea

Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Natalie Wood.Favourite track: American Pie by Don MacLean Book: Poetry by e e cummings Luxury: Piano

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Susannah York.Favourite track: Concerto in D Minor For Violin, Oboe and String Orchestra by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Italian Touring Atlas of the World Luxury: Pencils and paper

Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Fay Weldon.Book: Kennedy's Latin Primer Luxury: Shiny white paper and felt pens

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Timothy West.Favourite track: Bagatelle In B Flat by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: Le Morte D'Arthur by Thomas Mallory Luxury: Typewriter

Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Claudio Abbado.Favourite track: Kommt Ihr Tochter by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri Luxury: Writing materials

Roy Plomley's castaway is producer Otto Preminger.Favourite track: Laura by Frank Sinatra Book: Autobiography by Otto Preminger Luxury: Beautiful watch