Society & Culture

Desert Island Discs: Fragment Archive 1942-1959

BBC

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

Episodes

20 of 24 episodes

John Paddy Carstairs

Roy Plomley's castaway is writer and filmmaker John Paddy Carstairs. Favourite track: Swan Lake (Act 2) by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Book: Th...

5:23Dec 7, 1959

Joan Sutherland

Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Joan Sutherland. Favourite track: Mira, O Norma by Vincenzo Bellini Book: Memoirs of Jenny Lind by Otto Go...

4:55Nov 23, 1959

Benny Hill

Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian Benny Hill. Favourite track: Le Gamin de Paris by Yves Montand Book: Collection of language courses Luxur...

8:35Nov 16, 1959

Alfred Hitchcock

Roy Plomley's castaway on Desert Island Discs is film director Alfred Hitchcock. Favourite track: Siegfried's Horn Call by Richard Wagner Bo...

7:36Oct 19, 1959

Dave Brubeck

Roy Plomley's castaway is jazz musician Dave Brubeck. Book: Encyclopaedia Luxury: Piano

17:06Oct 12, 1959

Sir Leonard Hutton

Roy Plomley's castaway is cricketer Sir Leonard Hutton. Book: History of cricket Luxury: Golf clubs

6:36Sep 7, 1959

John Snagge

Roy Plomley's castaway is radio presenter John Snagge. Book: The Little World of Don Camillo by Giovannino Guareschi Luxury: Painting by Rem...

2:05Aug 31, 1959

Lotte Lehmann

Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Lotte Lehmann. Book: Faust by Johann Wolfgang Goethe Luxury: Paintbox

15:18Jun 22, 1959

Judy Grinham

Roy Plomley's castaway is world champion swimmer Judy Grinham. Favourite track: Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye by Ella Fitzgerald Book: War and P...

2:26Mar 9, 1959

John Osborne

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor and playwright John Osborne. Luxury: Perfume

6:17Jan 19, 1959

Elena Gerhardt

Roy Plomley's castaway is mezzo-soprano Elena Gerhardt. Book: A philosophical work by Johann Wolfgang Goethe Luxury: Tapestry-making kit

14:00Nov 10, 1958

Richard Dimbleby

Roy Plomley's castaway is journalist and broadcaster Richard Dimbleby. Luxury: Piano

5:45Oct 13, 1958

Alicia Markova

Roy Plomley's castaway is prima ballerina Alicia Markova. Luxury: Perfume

5:43Sep 22, 1958

Elsie & Doris Waters

Roy Plomley's castaways are comedians Elsie & Doris Waters. Book: The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame and Diary of a Nobody by George...

6:18Aug 11, 1958

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Elisabeth Schwarzkopf. Book: French cookery book Luxury: Sun-tan oil

13:35Jul 28, 1958

Lupino Lane

Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian Lupino Lane. Luxury: Camera

9:42Dec 30, 1957

Christopher Stone

Roy Plomley's castaway is DJ Christopher Stone. Luxury: Paper and fountain pen

9:42Sep 23, 1957

Leopold Stokowski

Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Leopold Stokowski. Luxury: Tape recorder

5:17Aug 19, 1957

Fred Streeter

Roy Plomley's castaway is horticulturalist Fred Streeter. Book: Gardening dictionary Luxury: Greenhouse for growing orchids

14:11Jul 15, 1957

Dennis Brain

Roy Plomley's castaway is French horn player Dennis Brain. Book: Back numbers of motor magazines Luxury: Typewriter and paper

12:55Aug 13, 1956