Desert Island Discs: Fragment Archive 1960-1969

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Sinopse

Guests are invited to choose the eight records they would take to a desert island

Episódios

  • Eleanor Bron

    24/06/1968 Duração: 04min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Eleanor Bron. Favourite track: Im Fruhling by Franz Schubert Book: Bi-lingual edition by Homer Luxury: Sycamore trees

  • Sir Gordon Russell

    03/06/1968 Duração: 10min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is designer Sir Gordon Russell. Favourite track: Water Music Suite by George Frideric Handel Book: The Natural History of Selborne by Gilbert White Luxury: Claret

  • Trevor Nunn

    20/05/1968 Duração: 02min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is Royal Shakespeare Company Director Trevor Nunn. Favourite track: The Sound of Silence by Simon & Garfunkel Book: Yoga manual Luxury: Kingsize cigarette

  • Dame Maggie Teyte

    15/04/1968 Duração: 17min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Dame Maggie Teyte.

  • Russell Braddon

    08/04/1968 Duração: 13min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is writer and broadcaster Russell Braddon. Favourite track: Casta Diva (from Norma) by Vincenzo Bellini Book: History of the World Luxury: Red ink

  • Alfie Bass

    01/04/1968 Duração: 04min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Alfie Bass. Favourite track: Piano Concerto No 3 in C Minor by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: Encyclopaedia

  • Susan Hampshire

    03/02/1968 Duração: 05min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Susan Hampshire. Favourite track: Paris au Mois d'Aout by Charles Aznavour Book: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy Luxury: Painting, or a 16th-century patch box

  • John Mortimer

    20/01/1968 Duração: 10min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is playwright and barrister John Mortimer. Favourite track: Voi Che Sapete (from The Marriage of Figaro) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu by Marcel Proust Luxury: Marble bath with constant hot water

  • Jacques Loussier

    25/11/1967 Duração: 05min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is pianist Jacques Loussier. Favourite track: Come Thou, the World's Redeemer (Choral Prelude) by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Men, Beasts and Gods by Ferdinand Ossendowski Luxury: Painting of the Crucifixion by Salvador Dali

  • Irene Worth

    18/11/1967 Duração: 06min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Irene Worth. Favourite track: Five Pieces for Orchestra No.1 by Arnold Schoenberg Book: Textbook on anthropology Luxury: The Beatles new colour television show

  • Denis Matthews

    30/10/1967 Duração: 03min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is concert pianist Denis Matthews. Favourite track: Quartet in C Sharp Minor (Opus 131) by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: The Loom of Language by Frederick Bodmer Luxury: Telescope

  • Professor Sir Denis Brogan

    21/10/1967 Duração: 02min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is academic and broadcaster Professor Sir Denis Brogan. Favourite track: The Rite of Spring by Igor Stravinsky Book: Works by Dante Alighieri Luxury: Writing materials

  • Doris Arnold

    25/09/1967 Duração: 04min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is broadcaster Doris Arnold. Favourite track: Praise to the Holiest (from The Dream of Gerontius) by Edward Elgar Book: The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett Luxury: Mink coat

  • Lord Ritchie-Calder

    26/06/1967 Duração: 09min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is academic and writer Lord Ritchie-Calder. Favourite track: J'Attendrai by Jean Sablon Book: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy Luxury: Tape recorder

  • John Barry

    22/05/1967 Duração: 03min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is composer and conductor John Barry. Favourite track: The Crusaders in Pskov from Alexander Nevsky, Opus 78 by Sergei Prokofiev Book: Imitation of Christ by Thomas à Kempis Luxury: Piano

  • Very Reverend Dr W R Matthews

    01/05/1967 Duração: 07min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is the Dean of St Paul's, the Very Reverend Dr W R Matthews. Favourite track: Gloria in Excelsis (from Mass in D) by Franz Joseph Haydn Book: Republic by Plato Luxury: Beginner's guide to making rafts

  • John Schlesinger

    10/04/1967 Duração: 02min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is film director John Schlesinger. Favourite track: Morgen (Opus 27 No 4) by Richard Strauss Book: Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift Luxury: Insect repellent

  • Rolf Harris

    03/04/1967 Duração: 04min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is musician, artist and broadcaster Rolf Harris. Favourite track: Matila by Yves Montand Book: Dusty by Frank Dalby Davison Luxury: Two tape recorders

  • Dick Francis

    27/03/1967 Duração: 09min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is novelist and journalist Dick Francis. Favourite track: I Left My Heart in San Francisco by Tony Bennett Book: The Spirit of St Louis by Charles Lindbergh Luxury: Mirror

  • Barry Briggs

    13/03/1967 Duração: 05min

    Roy Plomley's castaway is world speedway champion Barry Briggs. Favourite track: You Oughta be in Pictures by Ray Conniff & Billy Butterfield Book: Encyclopaedia Luxury: Surfboard

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