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:

December 14, 1964 Tallulah Bankhead
Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Tallulah Bankhead.
Book: The Human Situation by MacNeill Dixon
Luxury: Her portrait by Augustus John
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24min
November 23, 1964 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
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24min
October 19, 1964 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
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30min
September 28, 1964 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
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23min
June 22, 1964 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
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22min
June 15, 1964 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
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22min
June 01, 1964 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
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20min
May 25, 1964 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
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20min
May 18, 1964 Dame Edith Evans
Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Dame Edith Evans.
Favourite track: Casta Diva (from Norma) by Vincenzo Bellini
Book: Science and Health, with a Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy
Luxury: Photographs
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15min
May 04, 1964 Jim Clark
Roy Plomley's castaway is racing driver Jim Clark.
Favourite track: The Party's Over by Peggy Lee
Book: At the Wheel by Jim Clark
Luxury: Radio receiver
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6min

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