Desert Island Discs: Archive 1956-1960

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

  1. 10/31/1960

    Cliff Richard

    Roy Plomley's castaway is pop singer Cliff Richard. Cliff talks about growing up in India and discovering that he had a talent for music; how it feels to leave his teenage years behind him and his intention to embark on his next movie role - a more serious part - in a thriller by Margery Allingham. He confesses to homesickness for Britain during five weeks in America, describes how he deals with fans who want to grab a piece of him and how he came up with the name "Cliff Richard". Favourite track: Rock Around the Clock by Bill Haley and his Comets Book: The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann Wyss Luxury: Guitar

    20 min

  2. 08/29/1960

    Godfrey Talbot

    Roy Plomley's castaway is journalist Godfrey Talbot. Favourite track: Piano Concerto No 2 in C Minor by Sergei Rachmaninov Book: Critical and Historical Essays by Thomas Macaulay Luxury: Writing materials

    23 min

  3. 05/23/1960

    Liberace

    Roy Plomley's castaway is pianist Liberace. Favourite track: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini by Sergei Rachmaninov Book: The Magic of Believing by Claude M Bristol Luxury: Piano

    23 min

  4. 10/26/1959

    George Thalben-Ball

    Roy Plomley's castaway is organist George Thalben-Ball. Favourite track: Sea Symphony by Ralph Vaughan Williams Book: Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K Jerome Luxury: White rug

    23 min

  5. 08/24/1959

    Charles Mackerras

    Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Charles MacKerras. Book: Foreign translation of a long English novel Luxury: Wine

    27 min

  6. 09/08/1958

    Percy Kahn

    Roy Plomley's castaway is composer Percy Kahn. Luxury: Tape recorder

    23 min

  7. 08/25/1958

    Hephzibah Menuhin

    Roy Plomley's castaway is concert pianist Hephzibah Menuhin. Luxury: Chinese language course

    23 min

  8. 05/19/1958

    Agnes Nicholls

    Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Agnes Nicholls. Book: Illustrated dictionary Luxury: Perfume

    23 min
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