Desert Island Discs: Fragment Archive 1942-1959

Desert Island Discs: Fragment Archive 1942-1959

24 episodes

Society & Culture

Desert Island Discs: Fragment Archive 1942-1959

24 episodes

Society & Culture

About Desert Island Discs: Fragment Archive 1942-1959

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

Episodes

December 7, 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
6 min
November 23, 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
5 min
November 16, 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
9 min
October 19, 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.
8 min
October 12, 1959
Dave Brubeck
Roy Plomley's castaway is jazz musician Dave Brubeck. Book: Encyclopaedia Luxury: Piano
18 min
September 7, 1959
Sir Leonard Hutton
Roy Plomley's castaway is cricketer Sir Leonard Hutton. Book: History of cricket Luxury: Golf clubs
7 min
August 31, 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
3 min
June 22, 1959
Lotte Lehmann
Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Lotte Lehmann. Book: Faust by Johann Wolfgang Goethe Luxury: Paintbox
16 min
March 9, 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
3 min
January 19, 1959
John Osborne
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor and playwright John Osborne. Luxury: Perfume
7 min

1958

November 10, 1958
Elena Gerhardt
Roy Plomley's castaway is mezzo-soprano Elena Gerhardt. Book: A philosophical work by Johann Wolfgang Goethe Luxury: Tapestry-making kit
14 min
October 13, 1958
Richard Dimbleby
Roy Plomley's castaway is journalist and broadcaster Richard Dimbleby. Luxury: Piano
6 min
September 22, 1958
Alicia Markova
Roy Plomley's castaway is prima ballerina Alicia Markova. Luxury: Perfume
6 min
August 11, 1958
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
7 min
July 28, 1958
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Elisabeth Schwarzkopf. Book: French cookery book Luxury: Sun-tan oil
14 min

1957

December 30, 1957
Lupino Lane
Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian Lupino Lane. Luxury: Camera
10 min
September 23, 1957
Christopher Stone
Roy Plomley's castaway is DJ Christopher Stone. Luxury: Paper and fountain pen
10 min
August 19, 1957
Leopold Stokowski
Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Leopold Stokowski. Luxury: Tape recorder
6 min
July 15, 1957
Fred Streeter
Roy Plomley's castaway is horticulturalist Fred Streeter. Book: Gardening dictionary Luxury: Greenhouse for growing orchids
15 min

1956

August 13, 1956
Dennis Brain
Roy Plomley's castaway is French horn player Dennis Brain. Book: Back numbers of motor magazines Luxury: Typewriter and paper
13 min

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