Desert Island Discs: Fragment Archive 1942-1959
- Author: Vários
- Narrator: Vários
- Publisher: Podcast
- Duration: 3:19:57
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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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John Paddy Carstairs
07/12/1959 Duration: 05minRoy 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
23/11/1959 Duration: 04minRoy 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
16/11/1959 Duration: 08minRoy 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
19/10/1959 Duration: 07minRoy 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
12/10/1959 Duration: 17minRoy Plomley's castaway is jazz musician Dave Brubeck. Book: Encyclopaedia Luxury: Piano
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Sir Leonard Hutton
07/09/1959 Duration: 06minRoy Plomley's castaway is cricketer Sir Leonard Hutton. Book: History of cricket Luxury: Golf clubs
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John Snagge
31/08/1959 Duration: 02minRoy 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
22/06/1959 Duration: 15minRoy Plomley's castaway is soprano Lotte Lehmann. Book: Faust by Johann Wolfgang Goethe Luxury: Paintbox
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Judy Grinham
09/03/1959 Duration: 02minRoy 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
19/01/1959 Duration: 06minRoy Plomley's castaway is actor and playwright John Osborne. Luxury: Perfume
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Elena Gerhardt
10/11/1958 Duration: 14minRoy 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
13/10/1958 Duration: 05minRoy Plomley's castaway is journalist and broadcaster Richard Dimbleby. Luxury: Piano
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Alicia Markova
22/09/1958 Duration: 05minRoy Plomley's castaway is prima ballerina Alicia Markova. Luxury: Perfume
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Elsie & Doris Waters
11/08/1958 Duration: 06minRoy 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
28/07/1958 Duration: 13minRoy Plomley's castaway is soprano Elisabeth Schwarzkopf. Book: French cookery book Luxury: Sun-tan oil
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Lupino Lane
30/12/1957 Duration: 09minRoy Plomley's castaway is comedian Lupino Lane. Luxury: Camera
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Christopher Stone
23/09/1957 Duration: 09minRoy Plomley's castaway is DJ Christopher Stone. Luxury: Paper and fountain pen
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Leopold Stokowski
19/08/1957 Duration: 05minRoy Plomley's castaway is conductor Leopold Stokowski. Luxury: Tape recorder
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Fred Streeter
15/07/1957 Duration: 14minRoy Plomley's castaway is horticulturalist Fred Streeter. Book: Gardening dictionary Luxury: Greenhouse for growing orchids
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Dennis Brain
13/08/1956 Duration: 12minRoy Plomley's castaway is French horn player Dennis Brain. Book: Back numbers of motor magazines Luxury: Typewriter and paper