Desert Island Discs: Archive 1956-1960

Guests are invited to choose the eight records they would take to a desert island.

  • 20 minutes 23 seconds
    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

    31 October 1960, 10:00 am
  • 22 minutes 32 seconds
    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

    29 August 1960, 6:56 am
  • 22 minutes 48 seconds
    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

    23 May 1960, 12:10 pm
  • 23 minutes 9 seconds
    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

    26 October 1959, 1:10 pm
  • 27 minutes 10 seconds
    Charles Mackerras

    Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Charles MacKerras.

    Book: Foreign translation of a long English novel Luxury: Wine

    24 August 1959, 12:10 pm
  • 23 minutes 6 seconds
    Percy Kahn

    Roy Plomley's castaway is composer Percy Kahn.

    Luxury: Tape recorder

    8 September 1958, 12:00 pm
  • 23 minutes 27 seconds
    Hephzibah Menuhin

    Roy Plomley's castaway is concert pianist Hephzibah Menuhin.

    Luxury: Chinese language course

    25 August 1958, 9:00 am
  • 23 minutes 3 seconds
    Agnes Nicholls

    Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Agnes Nicholls.

    Book: Illustrated dictionary Luxury: Perfume

    19 May 1958, 9:00 am
  • 26 minutes 8 seconds
    Roy Plomley

    Eamonn Andrews's castaway is broadcaster Roy Plomley.

    Book: Who's Who in the Theatre Luxury: Desk with a typewriter and paper

    12 May 1958, 9:00 am
  • 19 minutes 20 seconds
    Ben Lyon

    Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian Ben Lyon.

    Luxury: Film projector and films of family

    17 February 1958, 1:10 pm
  • 20 minutes 31 seconds
    Sir Thomas Beecham

    Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Sir Thomas Beecham.

    Luxury: Havana cigars

    23 December 1957, 7:43 am
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