Desert Island Discs: Archive 1956-1960

<p>Guests are invited to choose the eight records they would take to a desert island.</p>

Cliff Richard

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; how it feels to leave his teenage years behind him and his intention to embark on his next movie role - a more serious part - in a thriller by Margery Allingham. He confesses to homesickness for Britain during five weeks in America, describes how he deals with fans who want to grab a piece of him and how he came up with the name "Cliff Richard". Favourite track: Rock Around the Clock by Bill Haley and his Comets Book: The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann Wyss Luxury: Guitar

10-31
20:23

Godfrey Talbot

Roy Plomley's castaway is journalist Godfrey Talbot.Favourite track: Piano Concerto No 2 in C Minor by Sergei Rachmaninov Book: Critical and Historical Essays by Thomas Macaulay Luxury: Writing materials

08-29
22:32

Liberace

Roy Plomley's castaway is pianist Liberace.Favourite track: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini by Sergei Rachmaninov Book: The Magic of Believing by Claude M Bristol Luxury: Piano

05-23
22:48

George Thalben-Ball

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

10-26
23:09

Charles Mackerras

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

08-24
27:10

Percy Kahn

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

09-08
23:06

Hephzibah Menuhin

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

08-25
23:27

Agnes Nicholls

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

05-19
23:03

Roy Plomley

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

05-12
24:08

Ben Lyon

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

02-17
19:20

Sir Thomas Beecham

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

12-23
20:31

Bransby Williams

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

11-04
25:39

Stan Kenton

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

04-09
18:19

Bebe Daniels

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

04-02
19:15

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