Desert Island Discs Revisited [Lost Gems]

She talks to Sue Lawley about the effects of success on her family life and comes to terms with her island exile.

DISC ONE: Aria from Heitor Villa ?Lobos's Bachianas Brasileiras, No. 5 – Salli Terri and Laurindo Almeida

DISC TWO: La Bamba - Los Lobos

DISC THREE: Concierto De Aranjuez - Siegfried Behrend and Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

DISC FOUR: If I Could - Pat Metheny Group

DISC FIVE: Dancing In The Dark - Bruce Springsteen

DISC SIX: Holding Back The Years - Simply Red

DISC SEVEN: I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - U2

DISC EIGHT: Seduced - Mary Coughlan

BOOK CHOICE - Prince of Tides - Pat Conroy

LUXURY CHOICE - Comfortable bed with pillows and sheets

CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE - If I Could - Pat Metheny Group

Desert Island Discs was created by Roy Plomley.

Founder of The Body Shop Anita Roddick is castaway by Sue Lawley.

Singer and actor Bing Crosby shares his castaway choices with Roy Plomley.

Oscar-winning singer and actor, Bing Crosby discusses his early family life, leaving behind the study of law for a life in music and his abiding love of outdoor pursuits, including golf.

DISC ONE: Bob Crosby's Bobcats - South Rampart Street Parade

DISC TWO: Claude Debussy - Clair de lune (from Suite bergamasque)

DISC THREE: Benny Goodman - And The Angels Sing

DISC FOUR: Glenn Miller Orchestra - Moonlight Serenade

DISC FIVE: Franz Liszt - Liebesträum No. 3 in A flat major

DISC SIX: Artie Shaw and His Orchestra - Begin The Beguine

DISC SEVEN: Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Song Of India

DISC EIGHT: Pietro Mascagni - Cavalleria Rusticana

BOOK CHOICE - Roget's Thesaurus

LUXURY CHOICE - Guitar

CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE - Bob Crosby's Bobcats - South Rampart Street Parade

Producer: Monica Chapman

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1975.

Singer and actor Bing Crosby makes his music choices. With Roy Plomley. From 1975.

Prima ballerina Dame Margot Fonteyn shares her castaway choices with Roy Plomley.

Born in Surrey, she studied at dancing schools in London – eventually joining the school attached to the Vic-Wells Ballet – later known as the Royal Ballet.

Her teenage debut was as a snowflake in ‘The Nutcracker' in 1934, with her solo debut in 1935. Sir Frederick Ashton made her the star of numerous ballets.

Widely admired by both fans and critics, many of Britain's leading male dancers were her partners. Latterly Rudolf Nureyev reinvigorated her career, as she continued to perform around the world.

She married Panamanian diplomat, Dr Roberto Arias in 1955, and cared for him after he was nearly paralyzed in an assassination attempt in 1964.

Awarded a CBE in 1950, she became a Dame in 1956.

Dame Margot Fonteyn died aged 71 in 1991.

Redefining the style of 20th century British ballet, the impact she made lives on.

This was the 750th episode of Desert Island Discs broadcast on the 12th April 1965.

DISC ONE: Ravel's Daphnis and Chloe: Daybreak - Suisse Romande Orchestra with the Motet Choir of Geneva

DISC TWO: Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante in E flat major - Bath Festival Orchestra (Soloists: Yehudi Menuhin and Rudolf Barshai)

DISC THREE: Bach's Passacaglia in C Minor - Helmut Walcha

DISC FOUR: Mananita de San Juan - Teresa Berganza and Felix Lavilla

DISC FIVE: Verdi's Requiem: Dies Irae - New England Conservatory Chorus with the Boston Symphony Orchestra

DISC SIX: Chopin's Etude in E Major, Op. 10/3 - Sviatoslav Richter

DISC SEVEN: Honeysuckle Rose - Lena Horne

DISC EIGHT: Puccini's Chorus: Invocation To The Moon (from Turandot) - Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala, Milan

CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE - Bach's Passacaglia in C Minor - Helmut Walcha

BOOK CHOICE - Hadrian's Memoirs by Marguerite Yourcenar

LUXURY CHOICE - Skin-diver's mask

Producer: Monica Chapman

Desert Island Discs was created by Roy Plomley.

First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in April 1965.

Comedian, composer, pianist and actor Dudley Moore shares his castaway choices with Roy Plomley.

Born in Dagenham, Essex, Dudley recalls how his gift for music won him an organ scholarship to Oxford's Magdalen College. He left in 1958 as an accomplished jazz pianist, performing with Johnny Dankworth and touring the US for a year with the Vic Lewis band.

On his return, he met the late Peter Cook and was asked to join the Edinburgh Festival comedy revue, Beyond The Fringe in 1960. Also starring Alan Bennett and Jonathan Miller, the extended show went on to run for four years in London's West End and on Broadway in New York.

Dudley explains how his partnership with Peter led to the creation of their classic characters Dud and Pete for BBC TV. Writing film scores also kept him busy.

Dudley Moore went on to pursue a successful career in Hollywood, starring in a number of hit screen comedies. Most memorably he played alongside Bo Derek in the movie 10 in 1979. His role as a hard-drinking millionaire in 1981's Arthur won him an Oscar nomination.

By the late 1990s, Moore endured a number of illnesses – developing the rare condition Progressive Supranuclear Palsy. He revealed how the affliction sadly robbed him of his greatest pleasure - his ability to play music.

Married and divorced four times, Dudley Moore was awarded a CBE in 2001.

Born in 1935, he died aged 66 in 2002.

DISC ONE: Bach's Mass in B Minor - Maria Stader and Hertha Topper with the Munich Bach Orchestra

DISC TWO: Blood, Sweat & Tears - Spinning Wheel

DISC THREE: Mahler's Nun seh' ich wohl, warum so dunkle Flammen (from Kindertotenlieder) - Kathleen Ferrier with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Conductor: Bruno Walter)

DISC FOUR: Little Miss Britten - Dudley Moore

DISC FIVE: Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue - Duke Ellington and His Orchestra

DISC SIX: Webern's Bagatelles for String Quartet - Pro Arte Quartet

DISC SEVEN: Lilian Lust (from Bedazzled) - Dudley Moore

DISC EIGHT: Beethoven's Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 “Eroica ? Philharmonia Orchestra (Conductor: Otto Klemperer)

BOOK CHOICE - Study of psychology

LUXURY CHOICE - Piano

CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE - Beethoven's Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 “Eroica ? Philharmonia Orchestra (Conductor: Otto Klemperer)

Producer: Ronald Cook

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1969.

Comedian, actor and pianist Dudley Moore shares his castaway choices with Roy Plomley.

Legendary Hollywood actor, James Stewart shares his castaway choices with Roy Plomley

In the first of what were to become two castaway appearances (the second was in 1983) Jimmy's disc choices reflect his lifelong love of music, and mark key stages in his life, from early childhood to Second World War service and beyond:

'I can connect almost everything that's happened to me with a piece of music...when I was a kid, when I was at school, when I was in the war....when I was getting into the movies....'

Highlights of his highly successful film career include: Rear Window, Vertigo, Harvey and It's a Wonderful Life.

DISC ONE: On The Road To Mandalay - Kenneth McKellar

DISC TWO: Bye Bye Blues - Bert Lown & His Orchestra

DISC THREE: I've Got A Crush On You - Betty Grable & Jack Lemmon

DISC FOUR: I Hadn't Anyone Till You - Ray Noble & His Orchestra

DISC FIVE: There I've Said It Again - Vaughan Monroe & His Orchestra

DISC SIX: Don't Cry Joe - Gordon Jenkins Orchestra

DISC SEVEN: Moonlight Serenade - Glenn Miller Orchestra

DISC EIGHT: Dream - The Pied Pipers

BOOK CHOICE - 'A book of Brubeck's music

LUXURY CHOICE - Upright piano

CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE - Dream - The Pied Pipers

Producer: Ronald Cook

Desert Island Discs was created by Roy Plomley

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1974.

Actor James Stewart shares his castaway choices with Roy Plomley.

One of the most popular British film stars of the 1940s, Margaret Lockwood starred in big screen classics The Lady Vanishes, The Man In Grey and The Wicked Lady.

Born in British India in 1916, she moved to England aged 4, making her stage debut at 12, and later studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.

British Lion launched her film career - and she later worked with the Gainsborough film company and Rank.

She worked with directors like Carol Reed and Michael Powell, and opposite actors like Douglas Fairbanks Jnr., Michael Redgrave and James Mason.

A screen beauty, she also was popular with the public for her natural poise and unaffectedly straightforward style.

Margaret was awarded the CBE in 1981, She died aged 73 in 1990.

DISC ONE: Ludwig van Beethoven's Für Elise - Alfred Brendel

DISC TWO: Unforgettable - Nat King Cole

DISC THREE: Felix Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream Overture - LSO

DISC FOUR: Volare - Marino Marini ed il suo Quartetto

DISC FIVE: Chopin's Prelude in A major, Op. 287 - John Ogdon

DISC SIX: Eton Boating Song - Eton College Musical Society

DISC SEVEN: Tales From The Vienna Woods - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

DISC EIGHT: Scarborough Fair - Simon & Garfunkel

BOOK CHOICE - Encyclopaedia Britannica

LUXURY CHOICE - Piano

CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE - Ludwig van Beethoven's Für Elise - Alfred Brendel

Producer: Ronald Cook

Desert Island Discs was created by Roy Plomley.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1972.

Actress Margaret Lockwood's shares her castaway choices.

Patricia made her first stage appearance aged 12 and went on to train the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, before repertory theatre.

She became a regular for many years on both radio and TV, including Ray's a Laugh, Hancock's Half Hour, The Benny Hill Show and Till Death Us Do Part.

She won a BAFTA for her title role in BBC TV's 1971 drama Edna, the Inebriate Woman.

Films included The Bargee and A Fish Called Wanda.

Patricia had one son with Valentine Brooke, who she later divorced. She was awarded an OBE in 1988.

DISC ONE: My Blue Heaven - Gracie Fields

DISC TWO: It Doesn't Matter Anymore - Buddy Holly

DISC THREE: Boy Meets Girl (from Take It Here) - Dick Bentley, June Whitfield, Jimmy Edwards

DISC FOUR: Eleanor Rigby - The Beatles

DISC FIVE: Nocturne in D flat major, Op. 27/2 - Dinu Lipatti

DISC SIX: La Bohème - Giacomo Puccini

DISC SEVEN: The Entertainer - Joshua Rifkin

DISC EIGHT: Fidelio - Ludwig van Beethoven

BOOK CHOICE - Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset

LUXURY CHOICE - Four-poster bed

CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE - Nocturne in D flat major, Op. 27/2 - Dinu Lipatti

Producer: Ronald Cook

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1975.

Comedian and actor Ronnie Corbett shares his castaway choices with Roy Plomley.

In the first of two Desert Island appearances, Ronnie shares highlights from his early years and rise in show business.

Brought up in Edinburgh, Corbett attended a church youth club where he made his first performance. National Service in the RAF also gave him an opportunity to entertain, before being invited by David Frost to participate in his new ITV show alongside Ronnie Barker.

The duo went on to win their own series on BBC TV. The Two Ronnies became one of the most successful and long running comedy sketch shows of all time with an audience of over 18 million.

DISC ONE: By Cool Siloam's Shady Rill – Glasgow Orpheus Choir

DISC TWO: Handel's Messiah: I Know That My Redeemer Liveth – Isobel Baillie and the Halle Orchestra

DISC THREE: Medley: I'll See You Again; Dance Little Lady; Poor Little Rich Girl; A Room With A View - Noël Coward

DISC FOUR: I Found A Million-Dollar Baby - Mel Tormé

DISC FIVE: I Wish I Were In Love Again - Frank Sinatra

DISC SIX: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes - Orchestra conducted by Ainsworth

DISC SEVEN: It's The Talk Of The Town - Anthony Newley

DISC EIGHT: Upa, Neguinho - Sérgio Mendes & Brasil '66

BOOK CHOICE - Handbook on tropical vegetation

LUXURY CHOICE - Golf clubs and balls

CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE - Handel's Messiah: I Know That My Redeemer Liveth – Isobel Baillie and the Halle Orchestra

Producer: Ronald Cook

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1971.

Comedian Ronnie Corbett shares his castaway choices with Roy Plomley.

Broadcaster David Frost shares his castaway choices with Roy Plomley.

In 1963, David was heading towards media superstardom as the presenter of BBC TV's ground-breaking satire series, That Was The Week That Was.

Famously covering the Profumo Affair, it was devised by Ned Sherrin, with regulars including Bernard Levin, Willie Rushton, Millicent Martin and Roy Kinnear.

David's career spanned journalism and comedy writing - from The Frost Report to Frost on Sunday and TV-AM. He garnered international attention with his revealing interview with former US President Richard Nixon in 1977.

He was knighted in 1993.

DISC ONE: The Old Rugged Cross - Ballarat City Choir

DISC TWO: Charlie - Georges Delerue

DISC THREE: Aftermyth of War - Alan Bennett

DISC FOUR: That Was the Week That Was - Millicent Martin

DISC FIVE: Just in Time - The Oscar Peterson Trio

DISC SIX: St Louis Blues - Helen Shapiro

DISC SEVEN: - Everything I've Got - Joanie Sommers

DISC EIGHT: Non, je ne regrette rien - Edith Piaf

BOOK CHOICE - The collected works by Geoffrey Chaucer

LUXURY CHOICE - Potato crisps

CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE - Non, je ne regrette rien by Edith Piaf

Producer: Monica Chapman

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in April 1963.

Award-winning film actor and writer Sir Dirk Bogarde shares his castaway choices with Roy Plomley.

In the first of what were to become two appearances (the second was in 1989) Bogarde doesn't think he could cope with the solitude and silence of being castaway.

The actor is a big fan of music and complains eight choices aren't enough.

He made his London West End theatre-acting debut in 1939, after which he served in the British Army during the Second World War.

His film contract with the Rank Organisation in 1948 was the spark for his very successful career. Big screen highlights included: The Blue Lamp, The Servant and the Doctor films based on Richard Gordon's novels.

In 1977 he embarked on a second career of several best-selling novels.

Bogarde was created a Knight Bachelor in 1992.

Born in 1921, he died aged 78 in 1999.

DISC ONE: Franz Liszt's Consolation No. 3 in D flat major - Jorge Bolet

DISC TWO: Oscar Straus's C'est la saison d'amour (from The Three Waltzes) - Yvonne Printemps

DISC THREE: Franz Liszt's Piano Concerto No 1 in E Flat / Hungarian Fantasy - Jorge Bolet with Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor: Morris Stoloff

DISC FOUR: The Worst Kind of Man - Judy Garland & the Gordon Jenkins Orchestra

DISC FIVE: Franz Lehár's Vilja (from The Merry Widow) - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf with Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus

DISC SIX: Symphony No. 5 in C minor - Columbia Symphony Orchestra, conductor: Bruno Walter

DISC SEVEN: Hello Dolly - Carol Channing

DISC EIGHT: I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face from My Fair Lady - Rex Harrison

BOOK CHOICE - The Swiss Family Robinson - Johann Wyss

LUXURY CHOICE - Conversation Piece by John Singer Sargent - a painting of the Sitwells

CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE - Symphony No. 5 in C minor - Columbia Symphony Orchestra, conductor: Bruno Walter

Producer: Monica Chapman

First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in September 1964.

Actor Dirk Bogarde shares his castaway choices with Roy Plomley.

Actor Stanley Holloway shares his castaway choices with Roy Plomley

Born in East London, Stanley became a stage and cinema stalwart, best known on screen for My Fair Lady, Brief Encounter, Passport To Pimlico, The Titfield Thunderbolt and The Lavender Hill Mob.

It was playing Eliza Doolittle's father Alfred in the original Broadway (1956) and London (1958) productions of My Fair Lady that won him the 1964 film role which brought Stanley international fame.

He was awarded an OBE in 1960.

Stanley Holloway died aged 91 in 1982.

DISC ONE: Bach Goes To Town - Arthur Young

DISC TWO: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's Farewell, said he, Minnehaha (from Hiawatha) - Royal Choir Society Orchestra: Philharmonia

DISC THREE: The Old Superb - Peter Dawson

DISC FOUR: Wouldn't It Be Loverly? - André Previn and his Quartet

DISC FIVE: Elgar's Chanson de matin Op.15`2 - London Philharmonic Orchestra

DISC SIX: And This Is My Beloved - Doretta Morrow

DISC SEVEN: Ravel's Pavane pour une infante défunte - Cleveland Orchestra, conductor: George Szell

DISC EIGHT: Felix Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream Overture - Benno Moiseiwitsch

BOOK CHOICE - A book on the musical plays of the last century

LUXURY CHOICE - Manicure and pedicure set

CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE - And This Is My Beloved - Doretta Morrow

Producer: Ronald Cook

Desert Island Discs was created by Roy Plomley.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1975.

Actor Stanley Holloway shares his castaway choices.

Popular Irish singer and guitarist Val Doonican shares his castaway choices with Roy Plomley.

Val hosted numerous TV series for the BBC from 1965 to 1986, pulling in over 17 million viewers

He was also rarely out of the UK charts in the 1960s and '70s with songs like Walk Tall and Elusive Butterfly.

Val died aged 88 in 2015.

DISC ONE: Swingle Singers - Bach English Suite No.2

DISC TWO: Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis

DISC THREE: George Jones - Four-O Thirty-Three

DISC FOUR: Concerto in D - John Williams

DISC FIVE: People Will Say We're in Love (Oklahoma) - Erroll Garner

DISC SIX: Dvorak - Symphony No.8 – Herbert von Karajan conducting the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

DISC SEVEN: Scarborough Fair - Simon and Garfunkel

DISC EIGHT: As Praias Desertas - Charlie Byrd

BOOK CHOICE – a big anthology of classic literature

LUXURY CHOICE – a guitar

CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE - Scarborough Fair - Simon and Garfunkel

First broadcast on the BBC Radio 4 in January 1970.

Singer and entertainer Val Doonican shares his castaway choices with Roy Plomley.