Alec Clifton-Taylor

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Alec Clifton-Taylor

FromDesert Island Discs

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28 minutes

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Sep 30, 1978

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Podcast episode

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Roy Plomley's castaway is architectural historian Alec Clifton-Taylor.Favourite track: Intermezzo In C Major by Johannes Brahms
Book: Set of the Shell County Guides
Luxury: Bed

Released:

Sep 30, 1978

Format:

Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

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

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Professor Alan Gemmell: Roy Plomley's castaway is biologist Professor Alan Gemmell by Desert Island Discs
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Barry Sheene: Roy Plomley's castaway is motorcycling champion Barry Sheene by Desert Island Discs
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Itzhak Perlman: Roy Plomley's castaway is violinist Itzhak Perlman by Desert Island Discs
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Wayne Sleep: Roy Plomley's castaway is dancer Wayne Sleep by Desert Island Discs
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Claire Rayner: Roy Plomley's castaway is writer and broadcaster Claire Rayner by Desert Island Discs
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Mike Brearley: Roy Plomley's castaway is cricketer Mike Brearley by Desert Island Discs
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Raymond Mander & Joe Mitchenson: Roy Plomley's castaways are theatre historians Raymond Mander & Joe Mitchenson by Desert Island Discs
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Fred Trueman: Roy Plomley's castaway is cricketer Fred Trueman by Desert Island Discs
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Professor J H Plumb: Roy Plomley's castaway is historian Professor J H Plumb by Desert Island Discs
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Richard Adams: Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Richard Adams by Desert Island Discs
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George MacDonald Fraser: Roy Plomley's castaway is writer George MacDonald Fraser by Desert Island Discs
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Molly Weir: Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Molly Weir by Desert Island Discs
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Dorothy Edwards: Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Dorothy Edwards by Desert Island Discs
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Winston Graham: Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Winston Graham by Desert Island Discs
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Rt Hon. Margaret Thatcher: Roy Plomley's castaway is Leader of the Opposition the Rt Hon Margaret Thatcher by Desert Island Discs
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Omar Sharif: Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Omar Sharif by Desert Island Discs
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Mel Brooks: Roy Plomley's castaway is director Mel Brooks by Desert Island Discs
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Sir Alec Guinness: Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Sir Alec Guinness by Desert Island Discs
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Peter Ustinov: Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Peter Ustinov by Desert Island Discs
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Grace Bumbry: Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Grace Bumbry by Desert Island Discs
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Louis Fremaux: Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Louis Fremaux by Desert Island Discs
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C Northcote Parkinson: Roy Plomley's castaway is historian C Northcote Parkinson by Desert Island Discs
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Alan Coren: Roy Plomley's castaway is Editor of Punch Alan Coren by Desert Island Discs
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Robert Hardy: Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Robert Hardy by Desert Island Discs
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Dennis Potter: Roy Plomley's castaway is playwright Dennis Potter by Desert Island Discs
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David Wall: Roy Plomley's castaway is ballet dancer David Wall by Desert Island Discs
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Rt Rev. And Rt Hon. Gerald Ellison: Roy Plomley's castaway is Bishop of London Gerald Ellison by Desert Island Discs
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Amadeus String Quartet: Roy Plomley's castaways are the musicians the Amadeus String Quartet by Desert Island Discs
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Franco Zeffirelli: Roy Plomley's castaway is film director Franco Zeffirelli by Desert Island Discs
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Spike Milligan: Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian Spike Milligan by Desert Island Discs
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