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Desert Island Discs: Archive 1956-1960

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Desert Island Discs: Archive 1956-1960
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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    23:09
  • Charles Mackerras
    Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Charles MacKerras.Book: Foreign translation of a long English novel Luxury: Wine
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