List of Desert Island Discs episodes (1991–2000)
Date Castaway Book Luxury More info
5 January 1997 John Cleese Stand By Your Man by Tammy Wynette Michael Palin - stuffed more
26 January 1997 Irene Thomas Complete score of Fidelio by Beethoven Teddy bear stuffed with tea and lily of the valley more
2 February 1997 Gene Wilder The Notebooks of Captain Georges by Jean Renoir Earl Grey tea more
9 February 1997 Terry Pratchett Edible Plants of the South Seas by Emile Massal The Chrysler Building more
16 February 1997 Mary Benson Unpublished Notes by Athol Fugard Telescope more
23 February 1997 Nico Ladenis Beau Geste by P. C. Wren Cantona 's Manchester United shirt more
2 March 1997 Dr. Susan Greenfield The Leopard by Giuseppe di Lampedusa Endless supply of curry more
9 March 1997 Redmond O'Hanlon War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy Pair of green , insulated Leica binoculars 8 X 20 more
16 March 1997 Nina Campbell Photograph album Bed more
23 March 1997 Peter Blake Lemprieres ' Dictionary by Lawrence Norfolk Gym more
30 March 1997 Virginia Ironside The Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale Big bag of plaster to make heads of friends more
20 April 1997 Saeed Jaffrey The Complete Works of Mirza Ghalib Case of Black Label and Dom Pérignon more
27 April 1997 Andy Hamilton The Physics of Immortality by Frank J. Tipler Football more
4 May 1997 Sir Martin Rees Collective cartoons of Gary Larson Jefferson reclining chair more
11 May 1997 David Wynne The Iliad and The Odyssey by Homer Harmonica more
18 May 1997 Harry Enfield Bleak House by Charles Dickens Beer and a cigarette machine more
25 May 1997 Sian Phillips The Medical Care of Merchant Seamen by William Louis Wheeler Pencils and paper more
1 June 1997 Joanna MacGregor The Sleep Walkers by Arthur Koestler Sampler to record the noises of the island more
8 June 1997 Benjamin Zephaniah Poetical Works of Shelley Law of the island ( so he could break it ) more
15 June 1997 Christina Noble The Book of Kells Photo of an Irish cottage more
1997
The BBC Radio 4 programme Desert Island Discs invites castaways to choose eight pieces of music, a book (in addition to the Bible - or a religious text appropriate to that person's beliefs - and the Complete Works of Shakespeare) and a luxury item that they would take to an imaginary desert island, where they will be marooned indefinitely. The rules state that the chosen luxury item must not be anything animate or indeed anything that enables the castaway to escape from the island, for instance a radio set, sailing yacht or aeroplane. The choices of book and luxury can sometimes give insight into the guest's life, and the choices of guests between 1991 and 2000 are listed here.