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Desert Island Discs: Fragment Archive 1942-1959

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  • John Paddy Carstairs

    December 7, 1959 · 5 min

    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

    November 23, 1959 · 5 min

    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

    November 16, 1959 · 9 min

    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

    October 19, 1959 · 8 min

    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…

  • Dave Brubeck

    October 12, 1959 · 17 min

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

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  • Sir Leonard Hutton

    September 7, 1959 · 7 min

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

  • John Snagge

    August 31, 1959 · 2 min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is radio presenter John Snagge. Book: The Little World of Don Camillo by Giovannino Guareschi Luxury: Painting by Rembrandt

  • Lotte Lehmann

    June 22, 1959 · 15 min

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

  • Judy Grinham

    March 9, 1959 · 2 min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is world champion swimmer Judy Grinham. Favourite track: Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye by Ella Fitzgerald Book: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy Luxury: Typewriter and paper

  • John Osborne

    January 19, 1959 · 6 min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is actor and playwright John Osborne. Luxury: Perfume

  • Elena Gerhardt

    November 10, 1958 · 14 min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is mezzo-soprano Elena Gerhardt. Book: A philosophical work by Johann Wolfgang Goethe Luxury: Tapestry-making kit

  • Richard Dimbleby

    October 13, 1958 · 6 min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is journalist and broadcaster Richard Dimbleby. Luxury: Piano

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