Desert Island Discs: Fragment Archive 1960-1969
- Author: Vários
- Narrator: Vários
- Publisher: Podcast
- Duration: 18:02:45
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Synopsis
Guests are invited to choose the eight records they would take to a desert island
Episodes
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Eleanor Bron
24/06/1968 Duration: 04minRoy Plomley's castaway is actress Eleanor Bron.Favourite track: Im Fruhling by Franz Schubert Book: Bi-lingual edition by Homer Luxury: Sycamore trees
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Sir Gordon Russell
03/06/1968 Duration: 10minRoy Plomley's castaway is designer Sir Gordon Russell.Favourite track: Water Music Suite by George Frideric Handel Book: The Natural History of Selborne by Gilbert White Luxury: Claret
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Trevor Nunn
20/05/1968 Duration: 02minRoy Plomley's castaway is Royal Shakespeare Company Director Trevor Nunn.Favourite track: The Sound of Silence by Simon & Garfunkel Book: Yoga manual Luxury: Kingsize cigarette
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Russell Braddon
08/04/1968 Duration: 13minRoy Plomley's castaway is writer and broadcaster Russell Braddon.Favourite track: Casta Diva (from Norma) by Vincenzo Bellini Book: History of the World Luxury: Red ink
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Alfie Bass
01/04/1968 Duration: 04minRoy Plomley's castaway is actor Alfie Bass.Favourite track: Piano Concerto No 3 in C Minor by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: Encyclopaedia
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Susan Hampshire
03/02/1968 Duration: 05minRoy Plomley's castaway is actress Susan Hampshire.Favourite track: Paris au Mois d'Aout by Charles Aznavour Book: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy Luxury: Painting, or a 16th-century patch box
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John Mortimer
20/01/1968 Duration: 10minRoy Plomley's castaway is playwright and barrister John Mortimer.Favourite track: Voi Che Sapete (from The Marriage of Figaro) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu by Marcel Proust Luxury: Marble bath with constant hot water
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Jacques Loussier
25/11/1967 Duration: 05minRoy Plomley's castaway is pianist Jacques Loussier.Favourite track: Come Thou, the World's Redeemer (Choral Prelude) by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Men, Beasts and Gods by Ferdinand Ossendowski Luxury: Painting of the Crucifixion by Salvador Dali
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Irene Worth
18/11/1967 Duration: 06minRoy Plomley's castaway is actress Irene Worth.Favourite track: Five Pieces for Orchestra No.1 by Arnold Schoenberg Book: Textbook on anthropology Luxury: The Beatles new colour television show
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Denis Matthews
30/10/1967 Duration: 03minRoy Plomley's castaway is concert pianist Denis Matthews.Favourite track: Quartet in C Sharp Minor (Opus 131) by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: The Loom of Language by Frederick Bodmer Luxury: Telescope
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Professor Sir Denis Brogan
21/10/1967 Duration: 02minRoy Plomley's castaway is academic and broadcaster Professor Sir Denis Brogan.Favourite track: The Rite of Spring by Igor Stravinsky Book: Works by Dante Alighieri Luxury: Writing materials
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Doris Arnold
25/09/1967 Duration: 04minRoy Plomley's castaway is broadcaster Doris Arnold.Favourite track: Praise to the Holiest (from The Dream of Gerontius) by Edward Elgar Book: The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett Luxury: Mink coat
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Lord Ritchie-Calder
26/06/1967 Duration: 09minRoy Plomley's castaway is academic and writer Lord Ritchie-Calder.Favourite track: J'Attendrai by Jean Sablon Book: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy Luxury: Tape recorder
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John Barry
22/05/1967 Duration: 03minRoy Plomley's castaway is composer and conductor John Barry.Favourite track: The Crusaders in Pskov from Alexander Nevsky, Opus 78 by Sergei Prokofiev Book: Imitation of Christ by Thomas à Kempis Luxury: Piano
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Very Reverend Dr W R Matthews
01/05/1967 Duration: 07minRoy Plomley's castaway is the Dean of St Paul's, the Very Reverend Dr W R Matthews.Favourite track: Gloria in Excelsis (from Mass in D) by Franz Joseph Haydn Book: Republic by Plato Luxury: Beginner's guide to making rafts
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John Schlesinger
10/04/1967 Duration: 02minRoy Plomley's castaway is film director John Schlesinger.Favourite track: Morgen (Opus 27 No 4) by Richard Strauss Book: Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift Luxury: Insect repellent
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Rolf Harris
03/04/1967 Duration: 04minRoy Plomley's castaway is musician, artist and broadcaster Rolf Harris.Favourite track: Matila by Yves Montand Book: Dusty by Frank Dalby Davison Luxury: Two tape recorders
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Dick Francis
27/03/1967 Duration: 09minRoy Plomley's castaway is novelist and journalist Dick Francis.Favourite track: I Left My Heart in San Francisco by Tony Bennett Book: The Spirit of St Louis by Charles Lindbergh Luxury: Mirror
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Barry Briggs
13/03/1967 Duration: 05minRoy Plomley's castaway is world speedway champion Barry Briggs.Favourite track: You Oughta be in Pictures by Ray Conniff & Billy Butterfield Book: Encyclopaedia Luxury: Surfboard