Desert Island Discs: Archive 1971-1975

Roy Plomley's castaway is singer Bing Crosby.
Favourite track: South Rampart Street Parade by Bob Crosby and his Bobcats
Book: Roget's Thesaurus by Roget
Luxury: Guitar

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor and musician Stanley Holloway.
Favourite track: And This Is My Beloved by Doretta Morrow
Book: A book on the musical plays of the last century
Luxury: Manicure and pedicure set

Roy Plomley's castaway is producer John Julius Norwich.
Favourite track: Mir Ist So Wunderbar by Ludwig van Beethoven
Book: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon
Luxury: Writing materials

Roy Plomley's castaway is writer C P Snow.
Favourite track: Henry IV Part II (Act 3, Scene 2) by William Shakespeare
Book: Russian grammar
Luxury: Writing materials

Roy Plomley's castaway is dancer Anthony Dowell.
Favourite track: The Prince Of The Pagodas by Benjamin Britten
Book: The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
Luxury: Radio receiver