Desert Island Discs: Fragment Archive 1942-1959

• John Paddy Carstairs

  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

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  5:23
• Joan Sutherland

  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

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  4:55
• Benny Hill

  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

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  8:35
• Alfred Hitchcock

  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 timetableThis is the only extract the BBC has of this episode of Desert Island Discs.

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  7:36
• Dave Brubeck

  Roy Plomley's castaway is jazz musician Dave Brubeck.Book: Encyclopaedia Luxury: Piano

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  17:06

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