Main content

Helen Bradley

Roy Plomley's castaway is painter Helen Bradley.

Favourite track: Trois Gymnopédies by Satie
Book: A great tome on the law
Luxury: A soap that kills mosquitoes

Download

Available now

30 minutes

Last on

Mon 7 Jul 197512:25
BBC Radio 4

More episodes

Previous

David Hemmings

Next

Dave Allen

See all episodes from Desert Island Discs

Music Played

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Erik Satie

      Trois Gymnopédies

      Performer: Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse.

  • Stuart Burrows & John Constable

    A Perfect Day

  • Claude Debussy

    Jardins sous la pluie (from Estampes)

  • Glasgow Orpheus Choir

    All In The April Evening

  • Celebrating A Bountiful Year (Solo On Chinese Harp)

  • Georges Bizet

    Serenade (from The Fair Maid of Perth Suite)

  • Karlheinz Stockhausen

    Kontakte

  • Edward Elgar

    Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36: Variation IX "Nimrod"

  • Book Choice

    • A great tome on the law

  • Luxury Choice

    • A soap that kills mosquitoes

Credits

PresenterRoy Plomley
Interviewed GuestHelen Bradley

Broadcasts

  • Sat 5 Jul 197519:00
    BBC Radio 4
  • Mon 7 Jul 197512:25
    BBC Radio 4

Featured in...

The Desert Island Discs podcast

The Desert Island Discs podcast

Subscribe or download individual episodes.

Listen to over 2,000 programmes

Listen to over 2,000 programmes

Click above to browse castaways, from 1942 to today.

Articles

Articles

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

Podcast