Desert Island Discs: Fragment Archive 1960-1969
BBC
Guests are invited to choose the eight records they would take to a desert island
Location:
United Kingdom
Networks:
BBC
Description:
Guests are invited to choose the eight records they would take to a desert island
Language:
English
Episodes
Léon Goossens
8/28/2024
Roy Plomley's castaway is oboist Leon Goossens.
Favourite track: I Call on Thee, O Lord (Choral Prelude) by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Nautical almanac Luxury: Camp bed
Duration:00:17:00
Sir Arthur Bryant
8/28/2024
Roy Plomley's castaway is historian Sir Arthur Bryant.
Favourite track: Sweet Nightingale by Alfred Deller & Desmond Dupre Book: Life of Johnson by James Boswell Luxury: Painting by Kneller of a girl in a golden gown
Duration:00:01:48
Russ Conway
8/28/2024
Roy Plomley's castaway is pop pianist Russ Conway.
Book: Omnibus edition of Hornblower stories by C.S. Forester Luxury: Typewriter and paper
Duration:00:06:11
Sir Adrian Boult
8/28/2024
Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Sir Adrian Boult.
Favourite track: Symphony No 36 in C Major (Rehearsal) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan Luxury: Blanket
Duration:00:04:58
Julian Slade
8/28/2024
Roy Plomley's castaway is composer Julian Slade.
Favourite track: Art Thou Troubled? by George Frideric Handel Book: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy Luxury: Violin
Duration:00:05:31
Sir Alec Guinness
8/28/2024
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Sir Alec Guinness.
Favourite track: Agnus Dei by Giuseppe Verdi Book: Paradise Lost by John Milton Luxury: Apricot brandy
Duration:00:24:24
Claudio Arrau
8/28/2024
Roy Plomley's castaway is pianist Claudio Arrau.
Favourite track: Symphony No 9 in C Major by Franz Schubert Book: Works by Johann Wolfgang Goethe Luxury: Early Chinese statuette
Duration:00:15:28
Antal Dorati
8/28/2024
Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Antal Dorati.
Favourite track: O, Namenlose Freude (from Fidelio) by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: Personally-compiled anthology Luxury: Painting of a sleeping girl by Dominico Feti
Duration:00:14:38
Danny Blanchflower
8/28/2024
Roy Plomley's castaway is footballer Danny Blanchflower.
Favourite track: The Breeze and I by Caterina Valente Book: The Alexandria Quartet by Lawrence Durrell Luxury: Golf clubs and balls
Duration:00:07:54
Ursula Bloom
8/28/2024
Roy Plomley's castaway is novelist Ursula Bloom.
Favourite track: Message to the Empire (25 December 1939) by HM King George VI Book: Book of Common Prayer Luxury: Writing materials
Duration:00:04:13
James Mason
8/28/2024
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor James Mason.
Favourite track: My Man by Billie Holiday Book: Finnegans Wake by James Joyce Luxury: Bagpipes
Duration:00:03:22
Ralph Reader
8/28/2024
Roy Plomley's castaway is writer and director Ralph Reader.
Favourite track: These are the Times by The Gang Show Book: Goodbye Mr Chips by James Hilton Luxury: Typewriter and paper
Duration:00:08:08
Pietro Annigoni
8/28/2024
Roy Plomley's castaway is artist Pietro Annigoni.
Favourite track: Piano Concerto No 20 in D Minor by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: International timetable of ships and trains Luxury: Drawing materials and a pillow
Duration:00:06:15
Kingsley Amis
8/28/2024
Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Kingsley Amis.
Favourite track: Shim-Me-Sha-Wabble by Bud Freeman and his Famous Chicagoans Book: Collected poetry by Robert Graves Luxury: American whiskey
Duration:00:03:02
Julian Bream
8/28/2024
Roy Plomley's castaway is guitarist Julian Bream.
Favourite track: Quintet in C Major (Opus 163) by Franz Schubert Book: Collection of 16th and 17th century English poetry Luxury: Guitar, manuscript paper and pens
Duration:00:17:11
Commander Sir Stephen King-Hall
8/28/2024
Roy Plomley's castaway is sailor Sir Stephen King-Hall.
Favourite track: Jesu Maria (from The Dream of Gerontius) by Edward Elgar Book: Parliamentary Practice by Thomas Erskine-May Luxury: Goya's portrait of the Duke of Wellington
Duration:00:06:30
Rupert Davies
8/28/2024
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Rupert Davies.
Favourite track: Elegie by Jules Massenet Book: Candide by Voltaire Luxury: Lump of jade
Duration:00:08:02
Sir John Gielgud
8/28/2024
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Sir John Gielgud.
Favourite track: Double Violin Concerto in D Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Luxury: Watercolour of Versailles by Raoul Dufy
Duration:00:10:10
Colonel A D Wintle
8/28/2024
Roy Plomley's castaway is soldier and writer Colonel A D Wintle.
Favourite track: The Magic Flute by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: Large blank book Luxury: Dog whip
Duration:00:16:19
Raymond Glendenning
8/28/2024
Roy Plomley's castaway is sports commentator Raymond Glendenning.
Favourite track: Toccata and Fugue in D Minor by Bach/Stokowski Book: Pears Cyclopaedia Luxury: Watercolour paints
Duration:00:08:00