Desert Island Discs: Fragment Archive 1942-1959

BBC Radio 4

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John Paddy Carstairs
07/12/1959 | 5 mins.
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 mins.
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 mins.
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 mins.
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 timetable
This is the only extract the BBC has of this episode of Desert Island Discs.
Dave Brubeck
12/10/1959 | 17 mins.
Roy Plomley's castaway is jazz musician Dave Brubeck.
Book: Encyclopaedia
Luxury: Piano