DiscoverDesert Island Discs: Archive 1956-1960
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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
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
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
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
Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Charles MacKerras.Book: Foreign translation of a long English novel
Luxury: Wine
Roy Plomley's castaway is composer Percy Kahn.Luxury: Tape recorder
Roy Plomley's castaway is concert pianist Hephzibah Menuhin.Luxury: Chinese language course
Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Agnes Nicholls.Book: Illustrated dictionary
Luxury: Perfume
Eamonn Andrews's castaway is broadcaster Roy Plomley.Book: Who's Who in the Theatre
Luxury: Desk with a typewriter and paper
Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian Ben Lyon.Luxury: Film projector and films of family
Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Sir Thomas Beecham.Luxury: Havana cigars
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Bransby Williams.Luxury: Paper and pencils
Roy Plomley's castaway is bandleader Stan Kenton.Book: The Mature Mind by H. L. Overstreet
Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Bebe Daniels.Luxury: Typewriter and paper