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:

May 29, 1961 Kingsley Amis
Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Kingsley Amis.
Favourite track: Shim-Me-Sha-Wabble by Bud Freeman and his Famous Chicagoans
Book: Collected poetry by Robert Graves
Luxury: American whiskey
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4min
May 15, 1961 Pietro Annigoni
Roy Plomley's castaway is artist Pietro Annigoni.
Favourite track: Piano Concerto No 20 in D Minor by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Book: International timetable of ships and trains
Luxury: Drawing materials and a pillow
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7min
May 08, 1961 Ralph Reader
Roy Plomley's castaway is writer and director Ralph Reader.
Favourite track: These are the Times by The Gang Show
Book: Goodbye Mr Chips by James Hilton
Luxury: Typewriter and paper
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9min
March 06, 1961 James Mason
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor James Mason.
Favourite track: My Man by Billie Holiday
Book: Finnegans Wake by James Joyce
Luxury: Bagpipes
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4min
November 14, 1960 Ursula Bloom
Roy Plomley's castaway is novelist Ursula Bloom.
Favourite track: Message to the Empire (25 December 1939) by HM King George VI
Book: Book of Common Prayer
Luxury: Writing materials
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5min
August 15, 1960 Danny Blanchflower
Roy Plomley's castaway is footballer Danny Blanchflower.
Favourite track: The Breeze and I by Caterina Valente
Book: The Alexandria Quartet by Lawrence Durrell
Luxury: Golf clubs and balls
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8min
July 25, 1960 Antal Dorati
Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Antal Dorati.
Favourite track: O, Namenlose Freude (from Fidelio) by Ludwig van Beethoven
Book: Personally-compiled anthology
Luxury: Painting of a sleeping girl by Dominico Feti
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15min
July 04, 1960 Claudio Arrau
Roy Plomley's castaway is pianist Claudio Arrau.
Favourite track: Symphony No 9 in C Major by Franz Schubert
Book: Works by Johann Wolfgang Goethe
Luxury: Early Chinese statuette
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16min
June 27, 1960 Sir Alec Guinness
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Sir Alec Guinness.
Favourite track: Agnus Dei by Giuseppe Verdi
Book: Paradise Lost by John Milton
Luxury: Apricot brandy
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25min
June 20, 1960 Julian Slade
Roy Plomley's castaway is composer Julian Slade.
Favourite track: Art Thou Troubled? by George Frideric Handel
Book: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Luxury: Violin
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6min

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.