Desert Island Discs: Fragment Archive 1942-1959

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Guests are invited to choose the eight records they would take to a desert island

BBC Radio 4


    • Dec 7, 1959 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 8m AVG DURATION
    • 22 EPISODES


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    John Paddy Carstairs

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 1959 5:23


    Roy Plomley's castaway is writer and filmmaker John Paddy Carstairs. Favourite track: Swan Lake (Act 2) by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Book: Thesaurus by Roget Luxury: Piano

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    Joan Sutherland

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 1959 4:55


    Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Joan Sutherland. Favourite track: Mira, O Norma by Vincenzo Bellini Book: Memoirs of Jenny Lind by Otto Goldschmidt Luxury: Bed

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    Benny Hill

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 1959 8:35


    Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian Benny Hill. Favourite track: Le Gamin de Paris by Yves Montand Book: Collection of language courses Luxury: Film camera

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    Alfred Hitchcock

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 1959 7:36


    Roy Plomley's castaway is film director Alfred Hitchcock. Favourite track: Siegfried's Horn Call by Richard Wagner Book: Household Management by Mrs Beeton Luxury: Continental railway timetable

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    Dave Brubeck

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 1959 17:06


    Roy Plomley's castaway is jazz musician Dave Brubeck. Book: Encyclopaedia Luxury: Piano

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    John Snagge

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 1959 2:05


    Roy Plomley's castaway is radio presenter John Snagge. Book: The Little World of Don Camillo by Giovannino Guareschi Luxury: Painting by Rembrandt

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    Lotte Lehmann

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 1959 15:18


    Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Lotte Lehmann. Book: Faust by Johann Wolfgang Goethe Luxury: Paintbox

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    Judy Grinham

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 1959 2:26


    Roy Plomley's castaway is world champion swimmer Judy Grinham. Favourite track: Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye by Ella Fitzgerald Book: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy Luxury: Typewriter and paper

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    John Osborne

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 1959 6:17


    Roy Plomley's castaway is actor and playwright John Osborne. Luxury: Perfume

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    Elena Gerhardt

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 1958 14:00


    Roy Plomley's castaway is mezzo-soprano Elena Gerhardt. Book: A philosophical work by Johann Wolfgang Goethe Luxury: Tapestry-making kit

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    Richard Dimbleby

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 1958 5:45


    Roy Plomley's castaway is journalist and broadcaster Richard Dimbleby. Luxury: Piano

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    Elsie & Doris Waters

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 1958 6:18


    Roy Plomley's castaways are comedians Elsie & Doris Waters. Book: The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame and Diary of a Nobody by George Grossmith Luxury: Sunshade and a garbage disposal unit

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    Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 1958 13:35


    Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Elisabeth Schwarzkopf. Book: French cookery book Luxury: Sun-tan oil

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    Lupino Lane

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 1957 9:42


    Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian Lupino Lane. Luxury: Camera

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    Christopher Stone

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 1957 9:42


    Roy Plomley's castaway is DJ Christopher Stone. Luxury: Paper and fountain pen

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    Leopold Stokowski

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 1957 5:17


    Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Leopold Stokowski. Luxury: Tape recorder

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    Fred Streeter

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 1957 14:11


    Roy Plomley's castaway is horticulturalist Fred Streeter. Book: Gardening dictionary Luxury: Greenhouse for growing orchids

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    Dennis Brain

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 1956 12:55


    Roy Plomley's castaway is French horn player Dennis Brain. Book: Back numbers of motor magazines Luxury: Typewriter and paper

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    Tex Ritter

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 1956 6:07


    Roy Plomley's castaway is actor and singer Tex Ritter. Luxury: Cards and guitar

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    Jim Laker

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 1956 4:55


    Roy Plomley's castaway is cricketer Jim Laker. Luxury: Cricket ball and a piano

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    Tod Slaughter

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 1955 5:38


    Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Tod Slaughter. Luxury: Harmonica

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    Kirsten Flagstad

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 1952 9:52


    Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Kirsten Flagstad. Luxury: Knitting needles and wool

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