Desert Island Discs: Fragment Archive 1960-1969

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Sinopse

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

Episódios

  • Moira Anderson

    13/12/1969 Duração: 06min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is singer Moira Anderson. Favourite track: Dr MacLeod's Fancy by John Ellis & Highland Country Dance Band Book: Scouting for Boys by Robert Baden-Powell Luxury: Bathroom suite

  • Lillian Board

    29/11/1969 Duração: 08min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is athlete Lillian Board. Favourite track: Theme From Zorba the Greek by Theodorakis Book: Family photograph album Luxury: Bed

  • Irmgard Seefried

    22/11/1969 Duração: 07min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Irmgard Seefried. Favourite track: Violin Concerto in D Major (Opus 61) by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: Herr, Hier Bin Ich (Prayers of Life) Luxury: String of pearls

  • Anthony Grey

    01/11/1969 Duração: 19min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is foreign correspondent Anthony Grey. Favourite track: Concerto Grosso in C Major by George Frideric Handel Book: Dictionary Luxury: Book stall in Victoria station

  • Cliff Morgan

    27/09/1969 Duração: 07min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is rugby player Cliff Morgan. Favourite track: Westminster (Narration with Sound Effects) by Hywel Davies Book: Teach-yourself encyclopaedia Luxury: Piano

  • Des O'Connor

    01/09/1969 Duração: 03min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is musician and actor Des O'Connor. Favourite track: Caught in the Act by Victor Borge Book: Encyclopaedia Luxury: Daily delivery of The Sporting Life

  • Olivia Manning

    25/08/1969 Duração: 07min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is novelist Olivia Manning. Favourite track: The Swan of Tuonela (Opus 22 No 2) by Jean Sibelius Book: Growth and Form by D'Arcy Thompson Luxury: Clue to buried treasure

  • Rachael Heyhoe

    28/07/1969 Duração: 01min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is women's cricket captain Rachael Heyhoe. Favourite track: Nursery School by Joyce Grenfell Book: Book on desert island cookery Luxury: Ukelele

  • Vincent Price

    14/07/1969 Duração: 04min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Vincent Price. Favourite track: America the Beautiful by Vincent Price Book: Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman Luxury: Double bed

  • Dr Elsie Hall

    28/04/1969 Duração: 20min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is pianist Dr Elsie Hall. Favourite track: Symphony No 1 in C Minor by Johannes Brahms Book: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy Luxury: Billiard table, cue and balls

  • Lady Diana Cooper

    24/03/1969 Duração: 20min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is writer and actress Lady Diana Cooper. Favourite track: Die Walkure - Wotan Puts Brunnhilde to Sleep by Richard Wagner Book: Volumes of her autobiography Luxury: Bag of pillows, in which she will smuggle in her dog

  • Mary Wilson

    10/03/1969 Duração: 09min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is poet Mary Wilson. Favourite track: Faust (Final Chorus) by Charles Gounod Book: Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte Luxury: Make-up set, mirror and comb

  • Edward Downes

    17/02/1969 Duração: 09min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Edward Downes. Favourite track: Bailero by Mardeleine Grey Book: Encyclopaedia Luxury: Chinese language course

  • Lord David Cecil

    03/02/1969 Duração: 06min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is writer and critic Lord David Cecil. Favourite track: Brandenburg Concerto No 5 in D Major by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy Luxury: Donatello's great altar in St Anthony's Church, Padua

  • Maggie Fitzgibbon

    27/01/1969 Duração: 06min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Maggie Fitzgibbon. Favourite track: Paddlin' Madelin' Home by Graham 'Smacka' Fitzgibbon Book: The Birdman of Alcatraz by Robert Stroud Luxury: Alabaster cherub

  • Rosea Kemp

    25/12/1968 Duração: 05min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is weather forecaster Rosea Kemp. Favourite track: Hallelujah Chorus (from Messiah) by George Frideric Handel Book: Enquire Within Upon Everything Luxury: Four poster bed

  • Sir Paul Gore-Booth

    13/11/1968 Duração: 23min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is Head of the Diplomatic Service Sir Paul Gore-Booth. Favourite track: Piano Concerto No 20 in D Minor by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: Books by Mary Baker Eddy Luxury: Piano

  • Billy Russell

    07/10/1968 Duração: 05min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian Billy Russell. Favourite track: The Lord's Prayer by Gracie Fields Book: Encyclopaedia Luxury: Painting materials

  • Richard Rodney Bennett

    09/09/1968 Duração: 06min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is composer Richard Rodney Bennett. Favourite track: Jeux by Claude Debussy Book: The Atlantic Book by Edith Sitwell Luxury: Piano

  • Carlo Maria Giulini

    19/08/1968 Duração: 15min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Carlo Maria Giulini. Favourite track: String Quartet No 15 in A Minor (Opus 132) by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: The Mirror of Perfection - The Praise of Created Things by St Francis of Assisi

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