Desert Island Discs: Archive 1981-1985

Christopher Reeve is probably best-known for his film performances as Superman and Clark Kent, but he has made several o... Read more

Roy Plomley's castaway is Princess Grace Of Monaco.Favourite track: Berceuse In D Flat by Frédéric ChopinBook: Plays by ... Read more

Roy Plomley's castaway is oceanographer Captain Jacques Cousteau.Favourite track: Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue In D Mino... Read more

The actor Anthony Hopkins has recently returned to this country after 10 years in California.In conversation with Roy Pl... Read more

Roy Plomley's castaway is the inspiration behind The Sound Of Music, Maria Von Trapp.Favourite track: Brandenburg Concer... Read more

James Stewart, with his inimitable slow drawl and gangly walk, has been making films since 1935, from The Philadelphia S... Read more

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor James Mason.Favourite track: My Man by Billie HolidayBook: Ada by Vladimir NabokovLuxury... Read more

Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Jenny Agutter.Favourite track: Fantasia On A Theme By Thomas Tallis by Ralph Vaughan W... Read more

Shirley Maclaine began her career as a singer and dancer in the chorus of a Broadway musical. Success came quickly when,... Read more

Her Royal Highness Princess Michael of Kent was born in Czechoslovakia but she was educated mainly in Australia. She cam... Read more

Lord Rothschild has spent much of his life as Assistant Director of the Research Department of Zoology at Cambridge Univ... Read more

Zubin Mehta is the Musical Director of the New York and the Israeli Philharmonic Orchestras.In conversation with Roy Plo... Read more

Leo McKern tried various careers like engineering and art before he decided to become an actor. Although he now concentr... Read more

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor James Fox.Favourite track: I Believe In You by Bob DylanBook: Colour reproduction of Ren... Read more

Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Dorothy Dunnett.Favourite track: Symphony No. 7 In A Major by Ludwig van BeethovenBook:... Read more

Roy Plomley's castaway is director James Ivory.Favourite track: The Three Ladies Find Tamino by Wolfgang Amadeus MozartB... Read more

Roy Plomley's castaway is cookery expert Delia Smith.Favourite track: Lief by Rhos Male ChoirBook: Autobiography by Sain... Read more

Julie Walters had a variety of jobs, including nursing, before she took up acting. An early London appearance was the re... Read more

Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Lucia Popp.Favourite track: Teddy Bears' Picnic by Henry Hall and BBC Dance OrchestraB... Read more

Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Julia McKenzie.Favourite track: Skylark by Johnny Mandel and his OrchestraBook: Act On... Read more