Main content
Sorry, this episode is not currently available

James Fisher

Roy Plomley's castaway is naturalist James Fisher.

Luxury: Field glasses, and modern plumbing

30 minutes

Last on

Mon 25 Nov 1957 13:10
91热爆 Service

More episodes

Previous

Joan Cross

Next

Moira Shearer

See all episodes from Desert Island Discs

Music Played

  • Enrique Granados

    The maiden and the nightingale (from Goyescas)

    Artist: Victoria De Los Angeles

  • George Frideric Handel

    O ruddier than the cherry (from Acis and Galatea)

    Artist: Norman Walker

  • Ethel Waters

    St Louis Blues

  • Benjamin Britten

    Sammy's Bath (from The Little Sweep)

    Choir: Choir of Alleyn's School Orchestra: English Opera Orchestra

  • Fats Waller

    Alligator Crawl

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Violin Concerto No. 2 in G Minor

    Soloist: Leonid Kogan Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet No. 13 in B flat major, Op. 130

    Orchestra: Hungarian String Quartet

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Mass in B minor - Sanctus

    Choir: Vienna Singverein Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Herbert von Karajan

  • Luxury Choice

    • Field glasses, and modern plumbing

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest James Fisher

Broadcast

  • Mon 25 Nov 1957 13:10
    91热爆 Service

The Desert Island Discs podcast

The Desert Island Discs podcast

Subscribe or download individual episodes.

Listen to over 2,000 programmes

Click above to browse castaways, from 1942 to today.

Articles

Read the surprising things we've learned about some stand-out castaways.

Podcast