Main content

Ellen Pollock

Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Ellen Pollock.

Favourite track: Symphony No. 3 in E Flat Major by Ludwig van Beethoven
Book: The collected works by George Bernard Shaw
Luxury: Painting by her husband of their son

Available now

8 minutes

Last on

Mon 7 Sep 1970 12:25
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

More episodes

Previous

Dick Emery

Next

Helen Watts

See all episodes from Desert Island Discs

Music Played

  • Simon & Garfunkel

    Scarborough Fair

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Johann Sebastian Bach/Stokowski

    Orchestra: Stokowski Symphony Orchestra

  • Esther & Abi Ofarim

    Cinderella Rockefella

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Ludwig van Beethoven

      Symphony No. 3 in E flat major 'Eroica'

      Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra

  • Barbra Streisand

    People

  • Johannes Brahms

    Wiegenlied, Op. 49/4

    Soloist: Lotte Lehmann

  • Harry Nilsson

    Everybody's Talkin'

  • Franz Liszt

    Grand galop chromatique

    Artist: Gyorgy Cziffra

  • Book Choice

    • The collected works - George Bernard Shaw

  • Luxury Choice

    • Painting by her husband of their son

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Ellen Pollock

Broadcasts

  • Sat 5 Sep 1970 19:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Mon 7 Sep 1970 12:25
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ 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

Click above to browse castaways, from 1942 to today.

Articles

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

Podcast