Roy Plomley's castaway is poet Mary Wilson.

Favourite track: Faust (Final Chorus) by Charles Gounod
Book: Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
Luxury: Make-up set, mirror and comb Published on March 10, 1969.

Mary Wilson

Roy Plomley's castaway is pianist Dr Elsie Hall.

Favourite track: Symphony No 1 in C Minor by Johannes Brahms
Book: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Luxury: Billiard table, cue and balls Published on April 28, 1969.

Dr Elsie Hall

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Vincent Price.

Favourite track: America the Beautiful by Vincent Price
Book: Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman
Luxury: Double bed Published on July 14, 1969.

Vincent Price

Roy Plomley's castaway is women's cricket captain Rachael Heyhoe.

Favourite track: Nursery School by Joyce Grenfell
Book: Book on desert island cookery
Luxury: Ukelele Published on July 28, 1969.

Rachael Heyhoe

Roy Plomley's castaway is novelist Olivia Manning.

Favourite track: The Swan of Tuonela (Opus 22 No 2) by Jean Sibelius
Book: Growth and Form by D'Arcy Thompson
Luxury: Clue to buried treasure Published on August 25, 1969.

Olivia Manning

Roy Plomley's castaway is musician and actor Des O'Connor.

Favourite track: Caught in the Act by Victor Borge
Book: Encyclopaedia
Luxury: Daily delivery of The Sporting Life Published on September 1, 1969.

Des O'Connor

Roy Plomley's castaway is rugby player Cliff Morgan.

Favourite track: Westminster (Narration with Sound Effects) by Hywel Davies
Book: Teach-yourself encyclopaedia
Luxury: Piano Published on September 27, 1969.

Cliff Morgan

Roy Plomley's castaway is foreign correspondent Anthony Grey.

Favourite track: Concerto Grosso in C Major by George Frideric Handel
Book: Dictionary
Luxury: Book stall in Victoria station Published on November 1, 1969.

Anthony Grey

Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Irmgard Seefried.

Favourite track: Violin Concerto in D Major (Opus 61) by Ludwig van Beethoven
Book: Herr, Hier Bin Ich (Prayers of Life)
Luxury: String of pearls Published on November 22, 1969.

Irmgard Seefried

Roy Plomley's castaway is athlete Lillian Board.

Favourite track: Theme From Zorba the Greek by Theodorakis
Book: Family photograph album
Luxury: Bed Published on November 29, 1969.

Lillian Board

A partial archive of Desert Island Discs from 1960 to 1969. Some Desert Island Discs programmes only exist in their incomplete form. They may be missing interview content or the musical choices. Where possible, the missing music has been rebuilt using discs from the BBC Gramophone Library. This collection comprises fragments from 1960-69.


Lillian Board

Desert Island Discs 60-69

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