Desert Island Discs: Fragment Archive 1942-1959

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

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

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

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

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

Roy Plomley's castaway is cricketer Sir Leonard Hutton. Book: History of cricket Luxury: Golf clubs

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

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

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

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

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

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

Roy Plomley's castaway is prima ballerina Alicia Markova. Luxury: Perfume

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

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

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

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

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

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

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