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Desert Island Discs: Archive 1956-1960
BBC Radio 4
14 episodes
9 months ago

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

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

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Episodes (14/14)
Desert Island Discs: Archive 1956-1960
Cliff Richard

Roy Plomley's castaway is pop singer Cliff Richard.

Cliff talks about growing up in India and discovering that he had a talent for music; how it feels to leave his teenage years behind him and his intention to embark on his next movie role - a more serious part - in a thriller by Margery Allingham. He confesses to homesickness for Britain during five weeks in America, describes how he deals with fans who want to grab a piece of him and how he came up with the name "Cliff Richard".

Favourite track: Rock Around the Clock by Bill Haley and his Comets Book: The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann Wyss Luxury: Guitar

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65 years ago
20 minutes

Desert Island Discs: Archive 1956-1960
Godfrey Talbot

Roy Plomley's castaway is journalist Godfrey Talbot.

Favourite track: Piano Concerto No 2 in C Minor by Sergei Rachmaninov Book: Critical and Historical Essays by Thomas Macaulay Luxury: Writing materials

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65 years ago
22 minutes

Desert Island Discs: Archive 1956-1960
Liberace

Roy Plomley's castaway is pianist Liberace.

Favourite track: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini by Sergei Rachmaninov Book: The Magic of Believing by Claude M Bristol Luxury: Piano

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65 years ago
22 minutes

Desert Island Discs: Archive 1956-1960
George Thalben-Ball

Roy Plomley's castaway is organist George Thalben-Ball.

Favourite track: Sea Symphony by Ralph Vaughan Williams Book: Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K Jerome Luxury: White rug

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66 years ago
23 minutes

Desert Island Discs: Archive 1956-1960
Charles Mackerras

Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Charles MacKerras.

Book: Foreign translation of a long English novel Luxury: Wine

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66 years ago
27 minutes

Desert Island Discs: Archive 1956-1960
Percy Kahn

Roy Plomley's castaway is composer Percy Kahn.

Luxury: Tape recorder

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67 years ago
23 minutes

Desert Island Discs: Archive 1956-1960
Hephzibah Menuhin

Roy Plomley's castaway is concert pianist Hephzibah Menuhin.

Luxury: Chinese language course

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67 years ago
23 minutes

Desert Island Discs: Archive 1956-1960
Agnes Nicholls

Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Agnes Nicholls.

Book: Illustrated dictionary Luxury: Perfume

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67 years ago
23 minutes

Desert Island Discs: Archive 1956-1960
Roy Plomley

Eamonn Andrews's castaway is broadcaster Roy Plomley.

Book: Who's Who in the Theatre Luxury: Desk with a typewriter and paper

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67 years ago
26 minutes

Desert Island Discs: Archive 1956-1960
Ben Lyon

Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian Ben Lyon.

Luxury: Film projector and films of family

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67 years ago
19 minutes

Desert Island Discs: Archive 1956-1960
Sir Thomas Beecham

Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Sir Thomas Beecham.

Luxury: Havana cigars

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67 years ago
20 minutes

Desert Island Discs: Archive 1956-1960
Bransby Williams

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Bransby Williams.

Luxury: Paper and pencils

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68 years ago
25 minutes

Desert Island Discs: Archive 1956-1960
Stan Kenton

Roy Plomley's castaway is bandleader Stan Kenton.

Book: The Mature Mind by H. L. Overstreet

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69 years ago
18 minutes

Desert Island Discs: Archive 1956-1960
Bebe Daniels

Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Bebe Daniels.

Luxury: Typewriter and paper

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69 years ago
19 minutes

Desert Island Discs: Archive 1956-1960

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