Desert Island Discs

Desert Island Discs

BBC Radio 4

Eight tracks, a book and a luxury: what would you take to a desert island? Guests share the soundtrack of their lives.

Categories: Society & Culture

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Roy Plomley's castaway is biologist Professor Alan Gemmell.

Favourite track: The Hebrides Overture by Felix Mendelssohn Book: Book on elementary calculus Luxury: Paper and pencils

Previous episodes

  • 2544 - Professor Alan Gemmell 
    Sat, 12 Nov 1977
  • 2543 - Peter Ustinov 
    Sat, 19 Nov 1977
  • 2542 - Lesley Manville, actor 
    Sun, 10 Nov 2024
  • 2541 - Phil Drabble 
    Sat, 10 Dec 1977
  • 2540 - Grace Bumbry 
    Sat, 03 Dec 1977
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