14 episodes

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

Desert Island Discs: Archive 1956-1960 BBC Radio 4

    • Society & Culture
    • 4.6 • 12 Ratings

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

    Cliff Richard

    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

    • 20 min
    Godfrey Talbot

    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

    • 22 min
    Liberace

    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

    • 22 min
    George Thalben-Ball

    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

    • 23 min
    Charles Mackerras

    Charles Mackerras

    Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Charles MacKerras.
    Book: Foreign translation of a long English novel
    Luxury: Wine

    • 27 min
    Percy Kahn

    Percy Kahn

    Roy Plomley's castaway is composer Percy Kahn.
    Luxury: Tape recorder

    • 23 min

Customer Reviews

4.6 out of 5
12 Ratings

12 Ratings

cdogpats14 ,

Great to hear Cliff!

I'm a big Cliff Richard fan. I enjoyed the Podcast with Cliff very much. Thank you.

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