Society & Culture

Desert Island Discs: Archive 1956-1960

BBC

Guests are invited to choose the eight records they would take to a desert island.

Episodes

14 episodes

Roy Plomley's castaway is pop singer Cliff Richard. Cliff talks about growing up in India and discovering that he had a talent for music; ho...

20:23Oct 31, 1960

Roy Plomley's castaway is journalist Godfrey Talbot. Favourite track: Piano Concerto No 2 in C Minor by Sergei Rachmaninov Book: Critical an...

22:32Aug 29, 1960

Roy Plomley's castaway is pianist Liberace. Favourite track: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini by Sergei Rachmaninov Book: The Magic of Believ...

22:48May 23, 1960

Roy Plomley's castaway is organist George Thalben-Ball. Favourite track: Sea Symphony by Ralph Vaughan Williams Book: Three Men in a Boat by...

23:09Oct 26, 1959

Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Charles MacKerras. Book: Foreign translation of a long English novel Luxury: Wine

27:10Aug 24, 1959

Roy Plomley's castaway is composer Percy Kahn. Luxury: Tape recorder

23:06Sep 8, 1958

Roy Plomley's castaway is concert pianist Hephzibah Menuhin. Luxury: Chinese language course

23:27Aug 25, 1958

Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Agnes Nicholls. Book: Illustrated dictionary Luxury: Perfume

23:03May 19, 1958

Eamonn Andrews's castaway is broadcaster Roy Plomley. Book: Who's Who in the Theatre Luxury: Desk with a typewriter and paper

26:08May 12, 1958

Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian Ben Lyon. Luxury: Film projector and films of family

19:20Feb 17, 1958

Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Sir Thomas Beecham. Luxury: Havana cigars

20:31Dec 23, 1957

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Bransby Williams. Luxury: Paper and pencils

25:39Nov 4, 1957

Roy Plomley's castaway is bandleader Stan Kenton. Book: The Mature Mind by H. L. Overstreet

18:19Apr 9, 1956

Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Bebe Daniels. Luxury: Typewriter and paper

19:15Apr 2, 1956