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Desert Island Discs: Fragment Archive 1942-1959
BBC Radio 4
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John Paddy Carstairs
1959/12/07 | 5 mins.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: PianoJoan Sutherland
1959/11/23 | 4 mins.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: BedBenny Hill
1959/11/16 | 8 mins.Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian Benny Hill.
Favourite track: Le Gamin de Paris by Yves Montand
Book: Collection of language courses
Luxury: Film cameraAlfred Hitchcock
1959/10/19 | 7 mins.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 timetable
This is the only extract the BBC has of this episode of Desert Island Discs.Dave Brubeck
1959/10/12 | 17 mins.Roy Plomley's castaway is jazz musician Dave Brubeck.
Book: Encyclopaedia
Luxury: Piano
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About Desert Island Discs: Fragment Archive 1942-1959
Guests are invited to choose the eight records they would take to a desert island
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