I bought a book in a charity shop today, two and a half quid, Roy Plomley's Desert Island Discs, lists of every guest and their choices from 1942 to 1983.

Having thus perused it, I have picked out a few good uns from certain individual's choices. Indulge me:

Elizabeth Schwarzkopf, 1958, who famously chose seven of her own recordings.

Jon Pertwee, 1964: Dimples-John Lee Hooker.

Princess Margaret, 1981: Rock, Rock, Rock by Sid Philips and his Band.

Wilfred Hyde-White, 1958: Shake, Rattle and Roll - Elvis Presley.

Deborah Kerr, 1977: She - Gram Parsons.

Judi Dench chose as her luxury the films of Basil Brush.
Barry Sheen asked for 'an effigy of Denis Healey and a supply of pins.'

Now it gets a bit weird:

Dame Edith Evans, 1964: Rawhide - Frankie Lane.

Donald Pleasance, 1980: I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor.

My favourite though, with which I am having trouble imagining how these worlds meet, is:

David Niven, from 1977, who not only chose You Are The Sunshine of My Life by Blue Mink and, wait for it, Gloria Gaynor's Never Can Say Goodbye but also, you won't Adam an Eve this, George McCrae's Rock Your Baby. That is just plain bonkers.