Desert Island Discs: Archive 1961-1965

By BBC Radio 4

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

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The podcast currently has 44 episodes available.

Desert Island Discs: Archive 1961-1965 episodes:

July 07, 1965 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
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22min
July 05, 1965 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
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24min
June 21, 1965 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
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23min
April 19, 1965 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
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20min
April 12, 1965 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
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27min
April 05, 1965 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
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28min
March 01, 1965 Arthur Fiedler
Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Arthur Fiedler.
Book: Encyclopaedia Britannica
Luxury: Binoculars
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27min
February 08, 1965 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
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26min
January 04, 1965 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
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20min
December 26, 1964 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
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22min

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