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:

January 23, 1967 Richard Goolden
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Richard Goolden.
Favourite track: Where Have All the Flowers Gone? by Marlene Dietrich
Book: The Essays of Elia by Charles Lamb
Luxury: Cigars and a dinner jacket
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5min
December 24, 1966 Gwendoline Kirby
Roy Plomley's castaway is Matron of Great Ormond Street Hospital Gwendoline Kirby.
Favourite track: The Lord is My Shepherd (Brother James's Air) by The Orpington Junior Singers
Book: The Lord of the Rings by J R R Tolkien
Luxury: Field glasses
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6min
December 19, 1966 Jack Brabham
Roy Plomley's castaway is racing driver Jack Brabham.
Favourite track: Our Love is Here to Stay by Nat King Cole
Book: Textbook on advanced mechanical engineering
Luxury: Not required
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12min
December 05, 1966 Captain John Ridgway & Sargeant Chay Blyth
Roy Plomley's castaways are rowers John Ridgway & Chay Blyth.
Favourite track: Sinfonia Antarctica by Ralph Vaughan Williams
Book: Dictionary and Anthology of poetry
Luxury: Shaving kit and a leather armchair
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23min
October 17, 1966 Jacques Brunius
Roy Plomley's castaway is writer and critic Jacques Brunius.
Favourite track: West End Blues by Louis Armstrong's Hot Seven
Book: Complete works by Lewis Carroll
Luxury: Broken and unplayable pop record
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2min
June 13, 1966 Nina & Frederick
Roy Plomley's castaways are singers Nina & Frederick.
Favourite track: Qual cor, qual cor tradisti by Vincenzo Bellini
Book: I Ching and The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon
Luxury: Harp and a flute
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6min
May 16, 1966 Henry Cooper
Roy Plomley's castaway is heavyweight boxer Henry Cooper.
Favourite track: Ave Maria by Franz Schubert
Book: Do-it-yourself manual
Luxury: Training gear
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8min
April 25, 1966 Bob & Alf Pearson
Roy Plomley's castaways are duettists Bob & Alf Pearson.
Favourite track: Tiger Rag
Book: ABC Railway Timetable and A History of the English-Speaking Peoples by Sir Winston Churchill
Luxury: Seeds and a piano
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6min
April 11, 1966 Terry Scott
Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian and actor Terry Scott.
Favourite track: The Sleeping Beauty by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Book: French language course
Luxury: Eau de Cologne
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6min
March 21, 1966 G O Nickalls
Roy Plomley's castaway is rower G O Nickalls.
Favourite track: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring by Johann Sebastian Bach
Book: Pear's Cyclopaedia
Luxury: Rembrandt's Titus
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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.

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