Desert Island Discs is a long-running BBC radio programme, in which celebrity guests are asked to pick eight records to be stuck with on a hypothetical desert island.
Terry was himself a guest on 9 September 1997, and chose the following list:
- ‘Symphonie Fantastique: Dream of a Witches’ Sabbath’ — Berlioz, London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Eugene Goossens.
- ‘Thomas the Rhymer’ — Steeleye Span.
- ‘The Race for the Rheingold Stakes’ — Bernard Miles.
- ‘The Marriage of Figaro: Voi che sapete’ — Mozart, Petra Lang, ms; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam/Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
- ‘Bat out of Hell’ — Meatloaf.
- ‘Silk Road Theme’ — Kitaro.
- ‘Great Southern Land’ — Icehouse.
- ‘Four Seasons: Summer’ — Vivaldi, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra/Itzhak Perlman, v.