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Desert Island Discs: Fragment Archive 1960-1969

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Moira Anderson

Roy Plomley's castaway is singer Moira Anderson. Favourite track: Dr MacLeod's Fancy by John Ellis & Highland Country Dance Band Book: Scout...

6:10Dec 13, 1969

Lillian Board

Roy Plomley's castaway is athlete Lillian Board. Favourite track: Theme From Zorba the Greek by Theodorakis Book: Family photograph album Lu...

8:37Nov 29, 1969

Irmgard Seefried

Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Irmgard Seefried. Favourite track: Violin Concerto in D Major (Opus 61) by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: Herr...

7:52Nov 22, 1969

Anthony Grey

Roy Plomley's castaway is foreign correspondent Anthony Grey. Favourite track: Concerto Grosso in C Major by George Frideric Handel Book: Di...

19:24Nov 1, 1969

Cliff Morgan

Roy Plomley's castaway is rugby player Cliff Morgan. Favourite track: Westminster (Narration with Sound Effects) by Hywel Davies Book: Teach...

7:35Sep 27, 1969

Des O'Connor

Roy Plomley's castaway is musician and actor Des O'Connor. Favourite track: Caught in the Act by Victor Borge Book: Encyclopaedia Luxury: Da...

3:28Sep 1, 1969

Olivia Manning

Roy Plomley's castaway is novelist Olivia Manning. Favourite track: The Swan of Tuonela (Opus 22 No 2) by Jean Sibelius Book: Growth and For...

7:38Aug 25, 1969

Rachael Heyhoe

Roy Plomley's castaway is women's cricket captain Rachael Heyhoe. Favourite track: Nursery School by Joyce Grenfell Book: Book on desert isl...

1:48Jul 28, 1969

Vincent Price

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Vincent Price. Favourite track: America the Beautiful by Vincent Price Book: Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman...

4:34Jul 14, 1969

Dr Elsie Hall

Roy Plomley's castaway is pianist Dr Elsie Hall. Favourite track: Symphony No 1 in C Minor by Johannes Brahms Book: War and Peace by Leo Tol...

20:36Apr 28, 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 Wag...

20:50Mar 24, 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...

9:13Mar 10, 1969

Edward Downes

Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Edward Downes. Favourite track: Bailero by Mardeleine Grey Book: Encyclopaedia Luxury: Chinese language...

9:43Feb 17, 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...

6:19Feb 3, 1969

Maggie Fitzgibbon

Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Maggie Fitzgibbon. Favourite track: Paddlin' Madelin' Home by Graham 'Smacka' Fitzgibbon Book: The Birdman...

6:47Jan 27, 1969

Rosea Kemp

Roy Plomley's castaway is weather forecaster Rosea Kemp. Favourite track: Hallelujah Chorus (from Messiah) by George Frideric Handel Book: E...

5:07Dec 25, 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 A...

23:33Nov 13, 1968

Billy Russell

Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian Billy Russell. Favourite track: The Lord's Prayer by Gracie Fields Book: Encyclopaedia Luxury: Painting m...

5:21Oct 7, 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...

6:28Sep 9, 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...

15:24Aug 19, 1968

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