Desert Island Discs: Archive 1961-1965

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Hugh Lloyd

1965-07-0721:03

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor and comedian Hugh Lloyd.Favourite track: Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Book: Anthology by Charles Dickens Luxury: Writing materials

Mary Stocks

1965-07-0523:11

Roy Plomley's castaway is teacher and social worker Mary Stocks.Favourite track: In Tears of Grief (from St Matthew Passion), Final Chorus by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Collected novels by Jane Austen Luxury: Radio receiver

Ginette Spanier

1965-06-2122:28

Roy Plomley's castaway is fashion house director Ginette Spanier.Favourite track: You're Sensational by Frank Sinatra Book: Notebook and pencil Luxury: Silver box

Al Read

1965-04-1919:46

Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian Al Read.Favourite track: Waltzing Matilda by Frank Ifield Book: Think and Grow Rich and I'll Teach you Personality Luxury: Family photo album

Dame Margot Fonteyn

1965-04-1226:11

Roy Plomley's castaway is prima ballerina Dame Margot Fonteyn.Favourite track: Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Hadrian's Memoirs by Marguerite Yourcenar Luxury: Skin-diver's mask

George Baker

1965-04-0527:181

Roy Plomley's castaway is baritone George Baker.Favourite track: Praise to the Holiest in the Height (from The Dream of Gerontius) by Edward Elgar Book: His favourite works by Charles Dickens Luxury: Writing materials

Arthur Fiedler

1965-03-0126:261

Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Arthur Fiedler.Book: Encyclopaedia Britannica Luxury: Binoculars

Owen Brannigan

1965-02-0825:33

Roy Plomley's castaway is bass Owen Brannigan.Favourite track: Noye's Fludde by Benjamin Britten Book: The collected works by G.K. Chesterton Luxury: Trombone

Marlene Dietrich

1965-01-0420:222

Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Marlene Dietrich.Favourite track: The Rite of Spring by Igor Stravinsky Book: The Telegram by Konstantin Paustovsky and A Story of Life by Konstantin Paustovsky Luxury: Mementoes box

Jack de Manio

1964-12-2621:41

Roy Plomley's castaway is broadcaster Jack de Manio.Favourite track: The Faithful Hussar by Louis Armstrong and his All Stars Book: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy Luxury: Scented soap

Tallulah Bankhead

1964-12-1423:402

Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Tallulah Bankhead.Book: The Human Situation by MacNeill Dixon Luxury: Her portrait by Augustus John

Frank Phillips

1964-11-2323:05

Roy Plomley's castaway is newsreader Frank Phillips.Favourite track: Etude No 13 in A Flat Major (Opus 25 No 1) by Frédéric Chopin Book: A Dictionary of Origins by Eric Partridge Luxury: Armchair

Reverend W Awdry

1964-10-1929:11

Roy Plomley's castaway is the creator of Thomas the Tank Engine Reverend W Awdry.Favourite track: Baal, We Cry to Thee by Felix Mendelssohn Book: Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe Luxury: Writing materials

Dirk Bogarde

1964-09-2822:57

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Dirk Bogarde.Favourite track: Symphony No 5 in C Minor (Opus 67) by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann Wyss Luxury: Conversation Piece by John Singer Sargent - a painting of the Sitwells

Kenneth Connor

1964-06-2221:41

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Kenneth Connor.Favourite track: Little Bit This, Little Bit That by Jimmy Durante Book: Margin Released by J B Priestley Luxury: Guitar

Paul Tortelier

1964-06-1521:43

Roy Plomley's castaway is cellist Paul Tortelier.Favourite track: Er, der Herrlichste von Allen from Frauenliebe und Leben by Robert Schumann Book: La Petite chronique d'Anna Magdalena Bach by Esther Meynell Luxury: Bicycle and cider

Richard Wattis

1964-06-0120:17

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Richard Wattis.Favourite track: Piano Concerto No 20 in D Minor by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: The Life of Disraeli by André Maurois Luxury: Bed

David Jacobs

1964-05-2519:40

Roy Plomley's castaway is broadcaster David Jacobs.Favourite track: God Be in My Head by Temple Church Choir Book: A Hundred-and-One Things a Girl Can Do Luxury: Piano and family photographs

Sir Miles Thomas

1964-04-0620:46

Roy Plomley's castaway is industrialist Sir Miles Thomas.Favourite track: Noel Coward Fantasy by Melachrino Orchestra Book: The Second World War by Sir Winston Churchill Luxury: Toothpaste

Wilfrid Brambell

1964-03-3018:46

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Wilfrid Brambell.Favourite track: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring by Bach/Hess Book: Dictionary Luxury: Scotch whisky and lager

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