24 episodes
Desert Island Discs: Fragment Archive 1942-1959 BBC Radio 4
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- Society & Culture
Guests are invited to choose the eight records they would take to a desert island
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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 -
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 -
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 -
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. -
Dave Brubeck
Roy Plomley's castaway is jazz musician Dave Brubeck.
Book: Encyclopaedia
Luxury: Piano -
Sir Leonard Hutton
Roy Plomley's castaway is cricketer Sir Leonard Hutton.
Book: History of cricket
Luxury: Golf clubs
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