Archive 1976-1980 Podcast
Guests are invited to choose the eight records they would take to a desert island
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Mark Elder
Sat 8 Nov 1980
Roy Plomley's castaway is musical director of the English National Opera Mark Elder
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Sir John Tooley
Sat 11 Oct 1980
Roy Plomley's castaway is Royal Opera House General Administrator Sir John Tooley
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Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger
Sat 20 Sep 1980
Roy Plomley's castaways are producers Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
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Earl Of Snowdon
Sat 6 Sep 1980
Roy Plomley's castaway is photographer Antony Armstrong-Jones, The Earl Of Snowdon
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General Sir John Hackett
Sat 21 Jun 1980
Roy Plomley's castaway is soldier and writer General Sir John Hackett
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Rt Hon Lord Denning
Sat 17 May 1980
Roy Plomley's castaway is Master of the Rolls The Rt Hon Lord Alfred Denning
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