Desert Island Discs: Fragment Archive 1942-1959

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Desert Island Discs: Fragment Archive 1942-1959 episodes

December 07, 1959 John Paddy Carstairs
Roy Plomley's castaway is writer and filmmaker John Paddy Carstairs.
Favourite track: Swan Lake (Act 2) by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Book: Thesaurus by Roget
Luxury: Piano
6 min
November 23, 1959 Joan Sutherland
Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Joan Sutherland.
Favourite track: Mira, O Norma by Vincenzo Bellini
Book: Memoirs of Jenny Lind by Otto Goldschmidt
Luxury: Bed
5 min
November 16, 1959 Benny Hill
Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian Benny Hill.
Favourite track: Le Gamin de Paris by Yves Montand
Book: Collection of language courses
Luxury: Film camera
9 min
October 19, 1959 Alfred Hitchcock
Roy Plomley's castaway on Desert Island Discs is film director Alfred Hitchcock.
Favourite track: Siegfried's Horn Call by Richard Wagner
Book: Household Management by Mrs Beeton
Luxury: Continental railway timetable
This is the only extract the BBC has of this episode of Desert Island Discs.
8 min
October 12, 1959 Dave Brubeck
Roy Plomley's castaway is jazz musician Dave Brubeck.
Book: Encyclopaedia
Luxury: Piano
18 min
September 07, 1959 Sir Leonard Hutton
Roy Plomley's castaway is cricketer Sir Leonard Hutton.
Book: History of cricket
Luxury: Golf clubs
7 min
August 31, 1959 John Snagge
Roy Plomley's castaway is radio presenter John Snagge.
Book: The Little World of Don Camillo by Giovannino Guareschi
Luxury: Painting by Rembrandt
3 min
June 22, 1959 Lotte Lehmann
Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Lotte Lehmann.
Book: Faust by Johann Wolfgang Goethe
Luxury: Paintbox
16 min
March 09, 1959 Judy Grinham
Roy Plomley's castaway is world champion swimmer Judy Grinham.
Favourite track: Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye by Ella Fitzgerald
Book: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Luxury: Typewriter and paper
3 min
January 19, 1959 John Osborne
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor and playwright John Osborne.
Luxury: Perfume
7 min