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Alfred Hitchcock (1959)

Film director Alfred Hitchcock is Roy Plomley's castaway on Desert Island Discs. This is the only remaining extract the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ has of this episode.

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 Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ has of this episode of Desert Island Discs.

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Mon 19 Oct 1959 13:10
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Music Played

  • Albert Roussel

    Symphony No 3 in G Minor

    Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande Conductor: Ernest Ansermet

  • Fred Emney & Sydney Fairbrother

    A Sister to Assist 'Er

  • Edward Elgar

    Cockaigne Overture

    Orchestra: HallΓ© Orchestra Conductor: John Barbirolli

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Richard Wagner - Siegfried's horn-call (from Siegfried)

      Soloist: Lucien ThΓ©vet

  • George Robey

    The Fact Is

  • Erno Dohnanyi

    Variations on a Nursery Theme

    Soloist: Cyril Smith Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra Conductor: Malcolm Sargent

  • Robert Schumann

    PrΓ©ambule (from Carnaval)

    Soloist: Artur Rubinstein

  • Charles Gounod

    Funeral March of a Marionette

    Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Arthur Fiedler

  • Book Choice

    • Household Management - Mrs Beeton

  • Luxury Choice

    • Continental railway timetable

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Alfred Hitchcock

Broadcast

  • Mon 19 Oct 1959 13:10
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Service

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