Vic Oliver discusses with Roy Plomley the eight records he would choose if he were condemned to spend the rest of his life on a desert island with a gramophone for his entertainment.

The old question as to which few books you would select for company off a desert island has been thoroughly thrashed out. Now given those necessities of an unbreakable gramophone and an endless supply of needles, the problem of musical diversion is to be discussed. Certainly the problem is not an easy one, and only the very greatest music of its type can stand the test of time and repetition.

In the weeks ahead numbers of famous folk will play you their idea of what records will stand these tests. James Agate, dramatic critic, comes next week to be followed the week after by one who should speak with authority on desert islands - Commander A. B. Campbell.