14 episodes
Desert Island Discs: Archive 1961-1965 BBC Radio 4
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- Society & Culture
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4.3 • 3 Ratings
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Guests are invited to choose the eight records they would take to a desert island
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George Baker
Roy Plomley's castaway is baritone George Baker.
Favourite track: Praise to the Holiest in the Height (from The Dream of Gerontius) by Edward Elgar
Book: His favourite works by Charles Dickens
Luxury: Writing materials -
Arthur Fiedler
Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Arthur Fiedler.
Book: Encyclopaedia Britannica
Luxury: Binoculars -
Owen Brannigan
Roy Plomley's castaway is bass Owen Brannigan.
Favourite track: Noye's Fludde by Benjamin Britten
Book: The collected works by G.K. Chesterton
Luxury: Trombone -
Marlene Dietrich
Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Marlene Dietrich.
Favourite track: The Rite of Spring by Igor Stravinsky
Book: The Telegram by Konstantin Paustovsky and A Story of Life by Konstantin Paustovsky
Luxury: Mementoes box -
Jack de Manio
Roy Plomley's castaway is broadcaster Jack de Manio.
Favourite track: The Faithful Hussar by Louis Armstrong and his All Stars
Book: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Luxury: Scented soap -
Tallulah Bankhead
Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Tallulah Bankhead.
Book: The Human Situation by MacNeill Dixon
Luxury: Her portrait by Augustus John