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:

March 24, 1969 Lady Diana Cooper
Roy Plomley's castaway is writer and actress Lady Diana Cooper.
Favourite track: Die Walkure - Wotan Puts Brunnhilde to Sleep by Richard Wagner
Book: Volumes of her autobiography
Luxury: Bag of pillows, in which she will smuggle in her dog
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21min
March 10, 1969 Mary Wilson
Roy Plomley's castaway is poet Mary Wilson.
Favourite track: Faust (Final Chorus) by Charles Gounod
Book: Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
Luxury: Make-up set, mirror and comb
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10min
February 17, 1969 Edward Downes
Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Edward Downes.
Favourite track: Bailero by Mardeleine Grey
Book: Encyclopaedia
Luxury: Chinese language course
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10min
February 03, 1969 Lord David Cecil
Roy Plomley's castaway is writer and critic Lord David Cecil.
Favourite track: Brandenburg Concerto No 5 in D Major by Johann Sebastian Bach
Book: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Luxury: Donatello's great altar in St Anthony's Church, Padua
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7min
January 27, 1969 Maggie Fitzgibbon
Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Maggie Fitzgibbon.
Favourite track: Paddlin' Madelin' Home by Graham 'Smacka' Fitzgibbon
Book: The Birdman of Alcatraz by Robert Stroud
Luxury: Alabaster cherub
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7min
December 25, 1968 Rosea Kemp
Roy Plomley's castaway is weather forecaster Rosea Kemp.
Favourite track: Hallelujah Chorus (from Messiah) by George Frideric Handel
Book: Enquire Within Upon Everything
Luxury: Four poster bed
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6min
November 13, 1968 Sir Paul Gore-Booth
Roy Plomley's castaway is Head of the Diplomatic Service Sir Paul Gore-Booth.
Favourite track: Piano Concerto No 20 in D Minor by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Book: Books by Mary Baker Eddy
Luxury: Piano
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24min
October 07, 1968 Billy Russell
Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian Billy Russell.
Favourite track: The Lord's Prayer by Gracie Fields
Book: Encyclopaedia
Luxury: Painting materials
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6min
September 09, 1968 Richard Rodney Bennett
Roy Plomley's castaway is composer Richard Rodney Bennett.
Favourite track: Jeux by Claude Debussy
Book: The Atlantic Book by Edith Sitwell
Luxury: Piano
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7min
August 19, 1968 Carlo Maria Giulini
Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Carlo Maria Giulini.
Favourite track: String Quartet No 15 in A Minor (Opus 132) by Ludwig van Beethoven
Book: The Mirror of Perfection - The Praise of Created Things by St Francis of Assisi
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16min

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.