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Desert Island Discs: Fragment Archive 1942-1959
BBC Radio 4
24 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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Personal Journals
Society & Culture
Episodes (20/24)
Desert Island Discs: Fragment Archive 1942-1959
John Paddy Carstairs

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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65 years ago
5 minutes

Desert Island Discs: Fragment Archive 1942-1959
Joan Sutherland

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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66 years ago
4 minutes

Desert Island Discs: Fragment Archive 1942-1959
Benny Hill

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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66 years ago
8 minutes

Desert Island Discs: Fragment Archive 1942-1959
Alfred Hitchcock (1959)

Roy Plomley's castaway on Desert Island Discs is film director Alfred Hitchcock.

Favourite track: Siegfried's Horn Call by Richard Wagner Book: Household Management by Mrs Beeton Luxury: Continental railway timetable

This is the only extract the BBC has of this episode of Desert Island Discs.

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66 years ago
7 minutes

Desert Island Discs: Fragment Archive 1942-1959
Dave Brubeck

Roy Plomley's castaway is jazz musician Dave Brubeck.

Book: Encyclopaedia Luxury: Piano

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66 years ago
17 minutes

Desert Island Discs: Fragment Archive 1942-1959
Sir Leonard Hutton

Roy Plomley's castaway is cricketer Sir Leonard Hutton.

Book: History of cricket Luxury: Golf clubs

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66 years ago
6 minutes

Desert Island Discs: Fragment Archive 1942-1959
John Snagge

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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66 years ago
2 minutes

Desert Island Discs: Fragment Archive 1942-1959
Lotte Lehmann

Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Lotte Lehmann.

Book: Faust by Johann Wolfgang Goethe Luxury: Paintbox

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66 years ago
15 minutes

Desert Island Discs: Fragment Archive 1942-1959
Judy Grinham

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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66 years ago
2 minutes

Desert Island Discs: Fragment Archive 1942-1959
John Osborne

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

Luxury: Perfume

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66 years ago
6 minutes

Desert Island Discs: Fragment Archive 1942-1959
Elena Gerhardt

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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67 years ago
14 minutes

Desert Island Discs: Fragment Archive 1942-1959
Richard Dimbleby

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

Luxury: Piano

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67 years ago
5 minutes

Desert Island Discs: Fragment Archive 1942-1959
Alicia Markova

Roy Plomley's castaway is prima ballerina Alicia Markova.

Luxury: Perfume

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67 years ago
5 minutes

Desert Island Discs: Fragment Archive 1942-1959
Elsie & Doris Waters

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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67 years ago
6 minutes

Desert Island Discs: Fragment Archive 1942-1959
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Elisabeth Schwarzkopf.

Book: French cookery book Luxury: Sun-tan oil

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67 years ago
13 minutes

Desert Island Discs: Fragment Archive 1942-1959
Lupino Lane

Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian Lupino Lane.

Luxury: Camera

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67 years ago
9 minutes

Desert Island Discs: Fragment Archive 1942-1959
Christopher Stone

Roy Plomley's castaway is DJ Christopher Stone.

Luxury: Paper and fountain pen

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68 years ago
9 minutes

Desert Island Discs: Fragment Archive 1942-1959
Leopold Stokowski

Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Leopold Stokowski.

Luxury: Tape recorder

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68 years ago
5 minutes

Desert Island Discs: Fragment Archive 1942-1959
Fred Streeter

Roy Plomley's castaway is horticulturalist Fred Streeter.

Book: Gardening dictionary Luxury: Greenhouse for growing orchids

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68 years ago
14 minutes

Desert Island Discs: Fragment Archive 1942-1959
Dennis Brain

Roy Plomley's castaway is French horn player Dennis Brain.

Book: Back numbers of motor magazines Luxury: Typewriter and paper

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69 years ago
12 minutes

Desert Island Discs: Fragment Archive 1942-1959

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