Desert Island Discs: Fragment Archive 1942-1959

BBC Radio 4

Seneste episode

John Paddy Carstairs
07.12.1959 | 5 min.
Roy Plomley's castaway is writer and filmmaker John Paddy Carstairs.Favourite track: Swan Lake (Act 2) by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Book: Thesaurus by Roget Luxury: Piano
Joan Sutherland
23.11.1959 | 4 min.
Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Joan Sutherland.Favourite track: Mira, O Norma by Vincenzo Bellini Book: Memoirs of Jenny Lind by Otto Goldschmidt Luxury: Bed
Benny Hill
16.11.1959 | 8 min.
Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian Benny Hill.Favourite track: Le Gamin de Paris by Yves Montand Book: Collection of language courses Luxury: Film camera
Alfred Hitchcock
19.10.1959 | 7 min.
Roy Plomley's castaway on Desert Island Discs is film director Alfred Hitchcock.Favourite track: Siegfried's Horn Call by Richard Wagner Book: Household Management by Mrs Beeton Luxury: Continental railway timetableThis is the only extract the BBC has of this episode of Desert Island Discs.
Dave Brubeck
12.10.1959 | 17 min.
Roy Plomley's castaway is jazz musician Dave Brubeck.Book: Encyclopaedia Luxury: Piano