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Desert Island Discs: Archive 1966-1970 Podcast

English, Cultural, 1 season, 32 episodes, 11 hours, 57 minutes
About
Guests are invited to choose the eight records they would take to a desert island
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Quentin Poole

Roy Plomley's castaway is head chorister Quentin Poole. Favourite track: Mariner Man by William Walton Book: Novels by Agatha Christie Luxury: Flute and music
12/26/197021 minutes, 56 seconds
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Joan Hammond

Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Joan Hammond. Favourite track: Piano Concerto No. 5 In F by Jeanne Marie Darre Book: The Oxford English Dictionary Luxury: Toothbrush and toothpaste
7/27/197027 minutes, 44 seconds
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Nyree Dawn Porter

Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Nyree Dawn Porter. Favourite track: Brief Lives by Roy Dotrice Book: The Thurber Carnival by James Thurber Luxury: Umbrella
3/30/197022 minutes, 40 seconds
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Isidore Godfrey

Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Isidore Godfrey. Favourite track: Symphony in D Minor by César Franck Book: The scores of the symphonies by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Luxury: Piano
2/7/197023 minutes, 46 seconds
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Val Doonican

Roy Plomley's castaway is singer Val Doonican. Favourite track: Scarborough Fair by Simon & Garfunkel Book: A Big Anthology Luxury: Guitar
1/19/197019 minutes, 21 seconds
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Viscount Montgomery of Alamein

Roy Plomley's castaway is field marshal Viscount Montgomery of Alamein. Favourite track: Sei Nicht Bos (from Der Obersteiger) by Carl Zeller Book: The History of Warfare by Viscount Montgomery of Alamein Luxury: Piano
12/20/196926 minutes, 41 seconds
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Dudley Moore

Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian, actor and pianist Dudley Moore. Favourite track: Symphony No 3 in E Flat Major (Opus 55) by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: Study of psychology Luxury: Piano
11/15/196920 minutes, 37 seconds
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Anthony Grey

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
11/1/196919 minutes, 24 seconds
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Raymond Mays

Roy Plomley's castaway is car designer and former racer Raymond Mays. Favourite track: Love Will Find a Way by Jose Collins Book: Gaiety, Theatre of Enchantment by W MacQueen-Pope Luxury: Umbrella
10/25/196921 minutes, 34 seconds
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Henry Williamson

Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Henry Williamson. Favourite track: Tristan und Isolde (Act 3) by Richard Wagner Book: The Story of My Heart by Richard Jefferies Luxury: Cor anglais
10/11/196922 minutes, 16 seconds
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Peter Pears

Roy Plomley's castaway is tenor Peter Pears. Favourite track: Moonlight (from Peter Grimes) by Benjamin Britten Book: Tropical Plants and Their Cultivation by Louis Bruggeman Luxury: Bed
7/21/196926 minutes, 20 seconds
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Evelyn Laye

Roy Plomley's castaway is actress and singer Evelyn Laye. Favourite track: There Are Bad Times Just Around the Corner by Noel Coward Book: White Magic by Alice Bailey Luxury: Cosmetics
6/23/196923 minutes, 1 second
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Alvar Lidell

Roy Plomley's castaway is newsreader Alvar Lidell. Favourite track: String Quintet in C by Franz Schubert Book: Oxford English Dictionary Luxury: Playing cards
5/5/196925 minutes, 29 seconds
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Dr Elsie Hall

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
4/28/196920 minutes, 36 seconds
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Hetty King

Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian and musician Hetty King. Book: History of the world Luxury: Parrot
4/14/196920 minutes, 28 seconds
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Sir Alec Rose

Roy Plomley's castaway is round-the-world sailor Sir Alec Rose. Favourite track: The Lord's Prayer by Eric Rogers Chorale and Orchestra Book: History of England Luxury: Radio receiver
4/7/196924 minutes, 35 seconds
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Alan Pegler

Roy Plomley's castaway is owner of the Flying Scotsman Alan Pegler. Favourite track: Water Music Suite by George Frideric Handel Book: Complete Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Luxury: Insect repellent
1/13/196925 minutes, 46 seconds
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Arthur Askey

Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian Arthur Askey. Favourite track: Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Book: Golf instruction book Luxury: Golf clubs and balls
12/23/196822 minutes, 1 second
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Sandy Powell

Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian Sandy Powell. Favourite track: Silent Night by Bing Crosby Book: My Autobiography by Charlie Chaplin Luxury: Violin
11/25/196821 minutes, 5 seconds
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Lieutenant Colonel C H Jaeger

Roy Plomley's castaway is Senior Director of Music Lieutenant Colonel C H Jaeger. Favourite track: Suite No 3 in D Major by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Anthology of modern British poetry Luxury: Chess set
11/18/196821 minutes, 51 seconds
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Sir Paul Gore-Booth

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
11/13/196823 minutes, 33 seconds
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Richard Baker

Roy Plomley's castaway is newsreader Richard Baker. Favourite track: Symphony No 40 in G Minor by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: Novels by Jane Austen Luxury: Bed
10/28/196820 minutes, 38 seconds
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Marty Feldman

Roy Plomley's castaway is scriptwriter Marty Feldman. Favourite track: Concerto in D Minor for Oboe, Strings and Continuo (Opus 9 No 2) by Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni Book: The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery Luxury: Piano
9/23/196823 minutes, 43 seconds
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Louis Armstrong

Roy Plomley's castaway is jazz trumpeter and singer Louis Armstrong. Favourite track: Blueberry Hill by Louis Armstrong and his All Stars Book: His own autobiography Luxury: Trumpet
8/25/196825 minutes, 4 seconds
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Dame Gladys Cooper

Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Dame Gladys Cooper. Favourite track: On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring by Frederick Delius Book: Anthology of poetry Luxury: Tape recorder
12/23/19673 minutes, 12 seconds
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Fenella Fielding

Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Fenella Fielding. Favourite track: Long Long Summer by Dizzy Gillespie Book: Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons Luxury: French silk-lined leather gloves
6/5/196721 minutes, 6 seconds
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Georg Solti

Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Georg Solti. Favourite track: Falstaff (Act 2 Scene 1) by Giuseppe Verdi Book: Faust by Johann Wolfgang Goethe Luxury: Michelangelo's The Last Judgement
12/26/196624 minutes, 14 seconds
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Derek Oldham

Roy Plomley's castaway is musician and comedian Derek Oldham. Favourite track: Siegfried Idyll by Richard Wagner Book: Encyclopaedia Britannica Luxury: Insect repellent
9/12/196623 minutes, 6 seconds
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Bill Simpson

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Bill Simpson. Favourite track: Symphony No 5 in C Minor (Opus 67) by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: Songs and poems by Robert Burns Luxury: Sports equipment
5/30/196622 minutes
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Andrew Cruickshank

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Andrew Cruickshank. Favourite track: The Twenty-Third Psalm by Glasgow Orpheus Choir Book: Journal by Søren Kierkegaard Luxury: Renoir's The Bar at the Folies Bergere
2/14/196624 minutes, 32 seconds
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Patience Strong

Roy Plomley's castaway is poet Patience Strong. Favourite track: A Midsummer Night's Dream (Scherzo) by Felix Mendelssohn Book: Complete works by William Wordsworth Luxury: Indian painting showing the Crucifixion
1/10/196625 minutes, 42 seconds
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Earl of Harewood

Roy Plomley's castaway is writer and musician Earl of Harewood. Favourite track: Quintet in C Major (Opus 163 D 956) by Franz Schubert Book: Encyclopaedia Luxury: Typewriter
12/25/196523 minutes, 44 seconds