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23/05/2013

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Presented byKirsty Young

Desert Island Discs Presenter Kirsty Young

Robert Stephens

Robert Stephens

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Broadcast

First broadcast: Sat 03 Feb 1979

British actor

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Robert Stephens.

Choices

Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Dooley Wilson

1.

Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Dooley Wilson

Casablanca (Film Soundtrack)

Franz Lehár

2.

Franz Lehár

I'm off to Chez Maxim's (from The Merry Widow)

Soloist: Jeremy Brett

Others who chose this artist

William Shakespeare

3.

Castaway's favourite

William Shakespeare

Speak the speech, I pray you (from Hamlet)

Artist: Laurence Olivier

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Patricia Quinn

4.

Patricia Quinn

Science Fiction: Double Feature (from The Rocky Horror Show)

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Noël Coward

5.

Noël Coward

I'll See You Again

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Laurel & Hardy

6.

Laurel & Hardy

The Trail Of The Lonesome Pine

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Pietro Mascagni

7.

Pietro Mascagni

Cavalleria Rusticana

Orchestra: Rome Opera Orchestra Conductor: Silvio Varviso

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Franz Lehár

8.

Franz Lehár

Girls were made to love and kiss (from Paganini)

Soloist: Richard Tauber

Others who chose this artist

Book

The collected works by Raymond Chandler

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Luxury item

Tobacco plant

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