Desert Island Discs: Fragment Archive 1942-1959

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

  1. 12/07/1959

    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

    5 min

  2. 11/23/1959

    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

  3. 11/16/1959

    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

  4. 10/19/1959

    Alfred Hitchcock

    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

  5. 10/12/1959

    Dave Brubeck

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

    17 min

  6. 09/07/1959

    Sir Leonard Hutton

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

    7 min

  7. 08/31/1959

    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

    2 min

  8. 06/22/1959

    Lotte Lehmann

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

    15 min
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