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Guests are invited to choose the eight records they would take to a desert island.
Desert Island Discs: Archive 1956-1960 Podcast
English, History, 1 season, 14 episodes, 5 hours, 14 minutes
Desert Island Discs: Archive 1956-1960 Podcast
English, History, 1 season, 14 episodes, 5 hours, 14 minutes
Cliff Richard
Roy Plomley's castaway is pop singer Cliff Richard.
Cliff talks about growing up in India and discovering that he had a talent for music; how it feels to leave his teenage years behind him and his intention to embark on his next movie role - a more serious part - in a thriller by Margery Allingham. He confesses to homesickness for Britain during five weeks in America, describes how he deals with fans who want to grab a piece of him and how he came up with the name "Cliff Richard".
Favourite track: Rock Around the Clock by Bill Haley and his Comets
Book: The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann Wyss
Luxury: Guitar
10/31/1960 • 20 minutes, 23 seconds
Godfrey Talbot
Roy Plomley's castaway is journalist Godfrey Talbot.
Favourite track: Piano Concerto No 2 in C Minor by Sergei Rachmaninov
Book: Critical and Historical Essays by Thomas Macaulay
Luxury: Writing materials
8/29/1960 • 22 minutes, 32 seconds
Liberace
Roy Plomley's castaway is pianist Liberace.
Favourite track: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini by Sergei Rachmaninov
Book: The Magic of Believing by Claude M Bristol
Luxury: Piano
5/23/1960 • 22 minutes, 48 seconds
George Thalben-Ball
Roy Plomley's castaway is organist George Thalben-Ball.
Favourite track: Sea Symphony by Ralph Vaughan Williams
Book: Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K Jerome
Luxury: White rug
10/26/1959 • 23 minutes, 9 seconds
Charles Mackerras
Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Charles MacKerras.
Book: Foreign translation of a long English novel
Luxury: Wine
8/24/1959 • 27 minutes, 10 seconds
Percy Kahn
Roy Plomley's castaway is composer Percy Kahn.
Luxury: Tape recorder
9/8/1958 • 23 minutes, 6 seconds
Hephzibah Menuhin
Roy Plomley's castaway is concert pianist Hephzibah Menuhin.
Luxury: Chinese language course
8/25/1958 • 23 minutes, 27 seconds
Agnes Nicholls
Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Agnes Nicholls.
Book: Illustrated dictionary
Luxury: Perfume
5/19/1958 • 23 minutes, 3 seconds
Roy Plomley
Eamonn Andrews's castaway is broadcaster Roy Plomley.
Book: Who's Who in the Theatre
Luxury: Desk with a typewriter and paper
5/12/1958 • 26 minutes, 8 seconds
Ben Lyon
Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian Ben Lyon.
Luxury: Film projector and films of family
2/17/1958 • 19 minutes, 20 seconds
Sir Thomas Beecham
Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Sir Thomas Beecham.
Luxury: Havana cigars
12/23/1957 • 20 minutes, 31 seconds
Bransby Williams
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Bransby Williams.
Luxury: Paper and pencils
11/4/1957 • 25 minutes, 39 seconds
Stan Kenton
Roy Plomley's castaway is bandleader Stan Kenton.
Book: The Mature Mind by H. L. Overstreet
4/9/1956 • 18 minutes, 19 seconds
Bebe Daniels
Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Bebe Daniels.
Luxury: Typewriter and paper
4/2/1956 • 19 minutes, 15 seconds