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Desert Island Discs: Archive 1961-1965 BBC Radio 4
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- Maatschappij en cultuur
Guests are invited to choose the eight records they would take to a desert island
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Hugh Lloyd
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor and comedian Hugh Lloyd.
Favourite track: Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Book: Anthology by Charles Dickens
Luxury: Writing materials -
Mary Stocks
Roy Plomley's castaway is teacher and social worker Mary Stocks.
Favourite track: In Tears of Grief (from St Matthew Passion), Final Chorus by Johann Sebastian Bach
Book: Collected novels by Jane Austen
Luxury: Radio receiver -
Ginette Spanier
Roy Plomley's castaway is fashion house director Ginette Spanier.
Favourite track: You're Sensational by Frank Sinatra
Book: Notebook and pencil
Luxury: Silver box -
Al Read
Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian Al Read.
Favourite track: Waltzing Matilda by Frank Ifield
Book: Think and Grow Rich and I'll Teach you Personality
Luxury: Family photo album -
Dame Margot Fonteyn
Roy Plomley's castaway is prima ballerina Dame Margot Fonteyn.
Favourite track: Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach
Book: Hadrian's Memoirs by Marguerite Yourcenar
Luxury: Skin-diver's mask -
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