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Desert Island Discs: Archive 1961-1965 Podcast

English, Cultural, 1 season, 29 episodes, 11 hours, 2 minutes
About
Guests are invited to choose the eight records they would take to a desert island
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Hugh Lloyd

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor and comedian Hugh Lloyd. Favourite track: Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Book: Anthology by Charles Dickens Luxury: Writing materials
7/7/196521 minutes, 3 seconds
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Mary Stocks

Roy Plomley's castaway is teacher and social worker Mary Stocks. Favourite track: In Tears of Grief (from St Matthew Passion), Final Chorus by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Collected novels by Jane Austen Luxury: Radio receiver
7/5/196523 minutes, 11 seconds
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Ginette Spanier

Roy Plomley's castaway is fashion house director Ginette Spanier. Favourite track: You're Sensational by Frank Sinatra Book: Notebook and pencil Luxury: Silver box
6/21/196522 minutes, 28 seconds
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Al Read

Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian Al Read. Favourite track: Waltzing Matilda by Frank Ifield Book: Think and Grow Rich and I'll Teach you Personality Luxury: Family photo album
4/19/196519 minutes, 46 seconds
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Dame Margot Fonteyn

Roy Plomley's castaway is prima ballerina Dame Margot Fonteyn. Favourite track: Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Hadrian's Memoirs by Marguerite Yourcenar Luxury: Skin-diver's mask
4/12/196526 minutes, 11 seconds
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George Baker

Roy Plomley's castaway is baritone George Baker. Favourite track: Praise to the Holiest in the Height (from The Dream of Gerontius) by Edward Elgar Book: His favourite works by Charles Dickens Luxury: Writing materials
4/5/196527 minutes, 18 seconds
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Arthur Fiedler

Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Arthur Fiedler. Book: Encyclopaedia Britannica Luxury: Binoculars
3/1/196526 minutes, 26 seconds
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Owen Brannigan

Roy Plomley's castaway is bass Owen Brannigan. Favourite track: Noye's Fludde by Benjamin Britten Book: The collected works by G.K. Chesterton Luxury: Trombone
2/8/196525 minutes, 33 seconds
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Marlene Dietrich

Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Marlene Dietrich. Favourite track: The Rite of Spring by Igor Stravinsky Book: The Telegram by Konstantin Paustovsky and A Story of Life by Konstantin Paustovsky Luxury: Mementoes box
1/4/196519 minutes, 49 seconds
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Jack de Manio

Roy Plomley's castaway is broadcaster Jack de Manio. Favourite track: The Faithful Hussar by Louis Armstrong and his All Stars Book: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy Luxury: Scented soap
12/26/196421 minutes, 41 seconds
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Tallulah Bankhead

Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Tallulah Bankhead. Book: The Human Situation by MacNeill Dixon Luxury: Her portrait by Augustus John
12/14/196423 minutes, 40 seconds
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Frank Phillips

Roy Plomley's castaway is newsreader Frank Phillips. Favourite track: Etude No 13 in A Flat Major (Opus 25 No 1) by Frédéric Chopin Book: A Dictionary of Origins by Eric Partridge Luxury: Armchair
11/23/196423 minutes, 5 seconds
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Reverend W Awdry

Roy Plomley's castaway is the creator of Thomas the Tank Engine Reverend W Awdry. Favourite track: Baal, We Cry to Thee by Felix Mendelssohn Book: Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe Luxury: Writing materials
10/19/196429 minutes, 11 seconds
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Dirk Bogarde

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Dirk Bogarde. Favourite track: Symphony No 5 in C Minor (Opus 67) by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann Wyss Luxury: Conversation Piece by John Singer Sargent - a painting of the Sitwells
9/28/196422 minutes, 57 seconds
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Kenneth Connor

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Kenneth Connor. Favourite track: Little Bit This, Little Bit That by Jimmy Durante Book: Margin Released by J B Priestley Luxury: Guitar
6/22/196421 minutes, 41 seconds
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Paul Tortelier

Roy Plomley's castaway is cellist Paul Tortelier. Favourite track: Er, der Herrlichste von Allen from Frauenliebe und Leben by Robert Schumann Book: La Petite chronique d'Anna Magdalena Bach by Esther Meynell Luxury: Bicycle and cider
6/15/196421 minutes, 43 seconds
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Richard Wattis

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Richard Wattis. Favourite track: Piano Concerto No 20 in D Minor by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: The Life of Disraeli by André Maurois Luxury: Bed
6/1/196419 minutes, 45 seconds
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David Jacobs

Roy Plomley's castaway is broadcaster David Jacobs. Favourite track: God Be in My Head by Temple Church Choir Book: A Hundred-and-One Things a Girl Can Do Luxury: Piano and family photographs
5/25/196419 minutes, 40 seconds
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Sir Miles Thomas

Roy Plomley's castaway is industrialist Sir Miles Thomas. Favourite track: Noel Coward Fantasy by Melachrino Orchestra Book: The Second World War by Sir Winston Churchill Luxury: Toothpaste
4/6/196420 minutes, 46 seconds
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Wilfrid Brambell

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Wilfrid Brambell. Favourite track: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring by Bach/Hess Book: Dictionary Luxury: Scotch whisky and lager
3/30/196418 minutes, 46 seconds
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Leslie Baily

Roy Plomley's castaway is writer and journalist Leslie Baily. Favourite track: Piano Concerto No 2 in C Minor by Sergei Rachmaninov Book: Come Hither - an anthology of poetry by Walter de la Mare Luxury: Woodworker Tools
1/13/196424 minutes, 8 seconds
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Nicolai Poliakoff

Roy Plomley's castaway is Coco the Clown - Nicolai Poliakoff. Favourite track: Black Eyes by Balalaika Orchestra Book: Dictionary Luxury: Writing materials
12/23/196323 minutes, 54 seconds
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Gordon Pirie

Roy Plomley's castaway is athlete Gordon Pirie. Favourite track: The Very Thought of You by Norrie Paramor and his Orchestra Book: Gray's Anatomy Luxury: Motor car
11/18/196322 minutes, 3 seconds
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Sir Charles MacLean

Roy Plomley's castaway is Chief Scout Sir Charles MacLean. Favourite track: Symphony No 5 in F Minor (Toccata) by Charles Marie Widor Book: Volumes of The Illustrated London News Luxury: Piano
8/12/196323 minutes, 42 seconds
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David Frost

Roy Plomley's castaway is broadcaster David Frost. Favourite track: Non, je ne regrette rien by Edith Piaf Book: The collected works by Geoffrey Chaucer Luxury: Potato crisps
4/15/196321 minutes, 23 seconds
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Antony Hopkins

Roy Plomley's castaway is composer, conductor and pianist Antony Hopkins. Favourite track: Quintet in C Major (Opus 163) by Franz Schubert Book: Piano Sonatas by Beethoven Luxury: Piano
10/1/196223 minutes, 49 seconds
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Ken Sykora

Roy Plomley's castaway is guitarist Ken Sykora. Favourite track: Nuages by Django Reinhardt Book: Science for the Citizen Luxury: Guitar
1/22/196224 minutes, 31 seconds
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Gracie Fields

Roy Plomley's castaway is actress and singer Gracie Fields. Favourite track: Piano Concerto No 2 in C Minor by Sergei Rachmaninov Book: The Forsyte Saga by John Galsworthy Luxury: Reproduction of Renoir's The Picnic
12/25/196122 minutes, 51 seconds
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Wee Georgie Wood

Roy Plomley's castaway is musician Wee Georgie Wood. Favourite track: Private Lives Act 1 by Noel Coward & Gertrude Lawrence Book: Memoirs of a Midget by Walter de la Mare Luxury: Writing materials
11/6/196121 minutes, 56 seconds