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John Paddy Carstairs
12/7/1959
5:23
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
11/23/1959
4:55
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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Benny Hill
11/16/1959
8:35
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
10/19/1959
7:36
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.
Dave Brubeck
10/12/1959
17:06
Roy Plomley's castaway is jazz musician Dave Brubeck.Book: Encyclopaedia Luxury: Piano
Sir Leonard Hutton
9/7/1959
6:36
Roy Plomley's castaway is cricketer Sir Leonard Hutton.Book: History of cricket Luxury: Golf clubs
John Snagge
8/31/1959
2:05
Roy Plomley's castaway is radio presenter John Snagge.Book: The Little World of Don Camillo by Giovannino Guareschi Luxury: Painting by Rembrandt
Lotte Lehmann
6/22/1959
15:18
Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Lotte Lehmann.Book: Faust by Johann Wolfgang Goethe Luxury: Paintbox
Judy Grinham
3/9/1959
2:26
Roy Plomley's castaway is world champion swimmer Judy Grinham.Favourite track: Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye by Ella Fitzgerald Book: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy Luxury: Typewriter and paper
John Osborne
1/19/1959
6:17
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor and playwright John Osborne.Luxury: Perfume

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More episodes from "Desert Island Discs: Fragment Archive 1942-1959"

John Paddy Carstairs

Joan Sutherland

Benny Hill

Alfred Hitchcock

Dave Brubeck

Sir Leonard Hutton

John Snagge

Lotte Lehmann

Judy Grinham

John Osborne