Desert Island Discs: Archive 1976-1980

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

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 actor Tom Conti. Favourite track: Dies Irae by Giuseppe Verdi Book: Summerhill by A S Neill Luxury: Piano

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 Tooley Favourite 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 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 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 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 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 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 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

Roy Plomley's castaway is photographer and designer Sir Cecil Beaton. Favourite track: Symphony No. 1 in C by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: Scrapbook Luxury: Cashmere Shawl

Roy Plomley's castaway is jazz trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie. Favourite track: Parker's Mood by Charlie Parker All Stars Book: Baha'i Prayer Book Luxury: Trumpet

Roy Plomley's castaway is chairman of British Rail Sir Peter Parker. Favourite track: Oboe Quartet in F Major by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: The collected works by William Blake Luxury: Gold rail pass

Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Reginald Goodall. Favourite track: Prelude and Fugue No.1 in C by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Paradise Lost by John Milton Luxury: An English garden