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Hugh Lloyd

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor and comedian Hugh Lloyd.Favourite track: Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Book: Anthology by Charles Dickens Luxury: Writing materials 

Mary Stocks

Roy Plomley's castaway is teacher and social worker Mary Stocks.Favourite track: In Tears of Grief (from St Matthew Passion), Final Chorus by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Collected novels by Jane Austen Luxury: Radio receiver 

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P D James
Desert Island Discs

Roy Plomley's castaway is writer P D James.Favourite track: St Matthew Passion (First Chorus) by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Middlemarch by George Eliot Luxury: Claret 

Anthony Grey
Desert Island Discs: Fragment Archive 1960-1969

Roy Plomley's castaway is foreign correspondent Anthony Grey.Favourite track: Concerto Grosso in C Major by George Frideric Handel Book: Dictionary Luxury: Book stall in Victoria station 

Sir Christopher Leaver
Desert Island Discs

Roy Plomley's castaway is Lord Mayor of London Sir Christopher Leaver.Favourite track: Triple Concerto in C Major by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians Luxury: Wine cellar 

David Baker Reads Stanley Plumly
The New Yorker: Poetry

David Baker joins Kevin Young to read “In Passing,” by Stanley Plumly, and his own poem “Six Notes.” Baker has received honors and awards from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Theodore Roethke Memorial Foundation. He served as poetry editor ...  Show more