Desert Island Discs: Fragment Archive 1960-1969

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 124 episodes available.

Desert Island Discs: Fragment Archive 1960-1969 episodes:

December 10, 1962 Acker Bilk
Roy Plomley's castaway is jazz clarinettist Acker Bilk.
Favourite track: Papa Dip by New Orleans Wanderers
Book: The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
Luxury: Apple seeds
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7min
December 03, 1962 Anna Russell
Roy Plomley's castaway is musician and comedian Anna Russell.
Favourite track: Brandenburg Concerto No 1 in F Major by Johann Sebastian Bach
Book: Encyclopaedia Britannica
Luxury: Mobile from the Museum of Modern Art
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9min
November 19, 1962 Jack Warner
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Jack Warner.
Favourite track: The Carousel Waltz by Rodgers & Hammerstein
Book: A Tale of Two Cities in English and French by Charles Dickens
Luxury: Soap
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9min
November 05, 1962 George Shearing
Roy Plomley's castaway is jazz pianist George Shearing.
Favourite track: Widerstehe Doch der Sunde (Cantata No 54) by Johann Sebastian Bach
Book: Masterman Ready by Frederick Marryat
Luxury: Metal construction set
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10min
October 29, 1962 Pamela Hansford-Johnson
Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Pamela Hansford-Johnson.
Favourite track: Brandenburg Concerto No 4 in G Major by Johann Sebastian Bach
Book: A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu by Marcel Proust
Luxury: Van Eyck's Adoration of the Immaculate Lamb
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7min
October 08, 1962 Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies
Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies.
Favourite track: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring by Bach/Hess
Book: The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann Wyss
Luxury: Skin food
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9min
September 10, 1962 Stanley Unwin
Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian Stanley Unwin.
Favourite track: Toccata and Fugue in D Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach
Book: Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians
Luxury: Painting materials
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6min
August 13, 1962 Lionel Tertis
Roy Plomley's castaway is violist Lionel Tertis.
Favourite track: Tambourin Chinois by Fritz Kreisler & Franz Rupp
Book: Books by H Rider Haggard and books by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and books by Jules Verne
Luxury: Portrait of wife
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11min
July 09, 1962 Stephen Spender
Roy Plomley's castaway is poet Stephen Spender.
Favourite track: String Quartet No 15 in A Minor (Opus 132) by Ludwig van Beethoven
Book: History of the Renaissance by Jacob Burckhardt
Luxury: Painting materials
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8min
June 25, 1962 John Allegro
Roy Plomley's castaway is Dead Sea Scrolls scholar John Allegro.
Favourite track: O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings (from Messiah) by George Frideric Handel
Book: Some novels by P G Wodehouse
Luxury: Rolls-Royce engine
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8min

FAQs about Desert Island Discs: Fragment Archive 1960-1969:

How many episodes does Desert Island Discs: Fragment Archive 1960-1969 have?

The podcast currently has 124 episodes available.