Desert Island Discs

Roy Plomley's castaway is musical director of the English National Opera Mark Elder.Favourite track: I Used To Be Colour Blind by Fred Astaire Book: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy Luxury: Sherry

Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Derek Tangye.Favourite track: Symphony No. 2 in E Minor by Sergei Rachmaninov Book: A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu by Marcel Proust Luxury: Astronomical telescope

Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Catherine Gaskin.Favourite track: String Quartet in C Sharp Minor by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: The Story of Civilization by William Durant Luxury: Piano

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor and playwright Brian Glover.Favourite track: Like A Rolling Stone by Bob Dylan Book: Card Games by John Scarne Luxury: MGTD 2952 car

Roy Plomley's castaway is the General Administrator of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Sir John TooleyFavourite track: The Marriage Of Figaro (Act 2 Finale) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: The Oxford Book of English Verse Luxury: Sugared apricots

Roy Plomley's castaway is naturalist and writer Ronald Lockley.Favourite track: Prelude A L'Apres Midi D'Un Faune by Claude Debussy Book: The Natural History of Selborne by Gilbert White Luxury: Telescope

Roy Plomley's castaway is novelist and TV writer Andrea Newman.Favourite track: Im Abendrot by Richard Strauss Book: The Weather in the Streets by Rosamund Lehmann Luxury: Champagne

Roy Plomley's castaways are producers Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger.Favourite track: Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss Book: Essays by Michel de Montaigne and Herzog by Saul Bellow Luxury: Brandy and a blank log book

Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Antal Dorati.Favourite track: Rondo Capriccioso by Felix Mendelssohn Book: The Golden Man by Yokoi Luxury: Italian landscape drawing from his collection

Roy Plomley's castaway is photographer Antony Armstrong-Jones, The Earl Of Snowdon.Favourite track: Swan Lake (Finale) by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Book: A History of Architecture on the Comparative Method by Sir Banister Fletcher Luxury: Painting Materials

Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Renata Scotto.Favourite track: Sola, Perduta, Abbandonata by Giacomo Puccini Book: Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri Luxury: Silver shadow Rolls Royce

Roy Plomley's castaway is sailor and writer Tristan Jones.Favourite track: 1812 Overture by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Book: Modern wooden yacht construction Luxury: 12 foot by 8 foot Union Jack

Roy Plomley's castaway is composer Stephen Sondheim.Favourite track: Porgy and Bess by Lawrence Winters and Others Book: Collected works by E B White Luxury: Piano

Roy Plomley's castaway is writer William Trevor.Favourite track: Clarinet Quintet In B Minor by Johannes Brahms Book: Lives of the Saints by Alban Butler Luxury: Grapevines

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Gregory Peck.Favourite track: Symphony No. 7 In A Major by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: Abraham Lincoln by Carl Sandburg Luxury: Cases of Chateau Lafite-Rothschild

Roy Plomley's castaway is broadcaster David Scott Blackhall.Favourite track: Our Love Is Here To Stay by George Gershwin Book: The Oxford Book of English Verse Luxury: Perkins Brailler and paper

Roy Plomley's castaway is World Champion decathlete Daley Thompson.Favourite track: Unchained Melody by George Benson Book: Novels by John Wyndham Luxury: Guitar and instruction book

Roy Plomley's castaway is composer Tom Lehrer.Favourite track: Der Rosenkavalier Waltzes by Richard Strauss Book: The Oxford English Dictionary Luxury: Piano

Roy Plomley's castaway is writer V S Naipaul.Favourite track: Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: Teach yourself mathematics Luxury: The Enlightened Buddha

Roy Plomley's castaway is dog trainer Barbara Woodhouse.Favourite track: Skye Boat Song by Adrian Brett Book: Talking To Animals by Barbara Woodhouse Luxury: Mother's ormolu clock