BBC Desert Island Discs 1 (1946 - 1970)

The BBC Radio 4 programme Desert Island Discs invites castaways to choose eight pieces of music, a book (in addition to the Bible – or a religious text appropriate to that person's beliefs – and the Complete Works of Shakespeare) and a luxury item that they would take to an imaginary desert island, where they will be marooned indefinitely. The rules state that the chosen luxury item must not be anything animate or indeed anything that enables the castaway to escape from the island, for instance a radio set, sailing yacht or aeroplane.

Work in Progress - The lists are incomplete - I am still working on them! This is Part 1 of a two part exercise - the years from 1975 on will follow in a 2nd project. Many of the people listed are fairly obscure to most people, but it seems to be best to list all people and hopefully locate quite a few people on Geni.

Many of these programmes can be heard from the Desert Island Discs website.

See http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/features/desert-island-discs

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1942

• Commander A. B. Campbell - Mariner, Explorer
• Captain A. E. Dingle - Mariner, Explorer
• Arthur Askey - Comedian
• Barrington Dalby - Athlete, Boxing referee
• Beatrice Lillie - Actor
• Charles B. Cochran Theatre, Theatrical manager
• Admirral Sir Edward Evans - Explorer
• Emlyn Williams - Actor, Playwright
• Eva Turner
• Harry Parry - Jazz clarinettist
• Ivor Novello - Musician, Composer, Actor
• Jack Hylton - Musician, Impresario
• James Agate - Critic
• Joan Jay - Fashion, Glamour girl
• Jonah Barrington - Musician
• Leslie Howard - Actor
• Lord Elton - Writer, Broadcaster
• Michael Powell - Filmmaker, Producer
• Nathaniel Gubbins - Writer
• Pat Kirkwood - Actor
• Richard Tauber - Musician, Tenor
• Roy Plomley - Broadcaster
• Tom Webster - Artist, Sports cartoonist
• Vic Oliver - Comedian, Actor
• Reverend Canon W. H. Elliott - Precentor of Chapels Royal

1943

• Beverley Baxter - Politician - Conservative, MP
• C. A. Lejeune - Critic
• C. H. Middleton - Horticulturist
• Lord Charles Hill - Broadcaster, Doctor
• Donald McCullough - Quizmaster of 'Brains Trust', Writer, Broadcaster
• Lady Eleanor Smith - Writer
• Frank Swinnerton - Writer
• Herbert Hodge - Writer
• Ian Hay - Writer
• Ivor Brown - Writer
• J. B. Morton - Journalist
• Sir Stephen Tallents - Public relations expert
• Tom Driberg - Politician - Labour, MP
• Tom Harrisson - Scientist, Anthropologist

1944

• Alan Dent - Critic
• Wing Commander Guy Gibson - Leader of the Dam Busters Raid, RAF Pilot
• Mabel Constanduros - Writer
• Pamela Frankau - Writer
• Ralph Reader - Theatre, Director

1945

• Alvar Lidell - Broadcaster, Radio presenter (See also 1969)
• Bobby Howes - Actor, Comedian
• C. E. M. Joad - Philosopher, Writer
• Celia Johnson - Actor
• Claire Luce - Actor
• Deborah Kerr - Actor
• Eileen Joyce - Musician, Pianist
• Frederick Grisewood - Broadcaster
• Henry Wheeler - Soldier, Navy signalman
• Jill Balcon - Film and stage actor
• Joan Edgar - Broadcaster, Announcer
• Margaret Hubble - Broadcaster, Radio presenter
• Michael Harrison - Soldier, Broadcaster, Announcer
• Michael Redgrave - Actor
• Nova Pilbeam - Actor
• Pat Butler - Broadcaster, Announcer
• Peter Fettes - Broadcaster, Announcer
• Richard Goolden - Actor
• Roy Williams - Broadcaster, Announcer
• Sonia Dresdel - Actor
• Stewart Granger - Actor
• Valerie Hobson - Actor

1946

• Barbara Mullen - Actor

1951

• A. E. Matthews - British actor
• Ann Todd - British actor
• Anne Crawford - British actor
• Anona Winn - Australian actor
• Bill Johnson - Actor
• Cicely Courtneidge - Actor, Comedian
• Clemence Dane - Novelist, Playwright
• Constance Cummings
• Denis Compton and Bill Edrich - Cricketers
• Diana Wynyard - British actor
• Donald Peers
• Elisabeth Schumann - Opera singer - soprano
• Eric Coates - Composer
• Eric Portman
• Freddie Mills - Light heavyweight boxer
• George Formby - Comedian, Ukulele player, Singer
• George Robey - Music Hall star
• Gerald Moore - Pianist
• Gracie Fields - Actor, Comedian, Singer
• Henry Kendall - Actor, Director
• Jack Buchanan
• Jean Kent - British film actor
• Jimmy Edwards - Comedy actor, Scriptwriter
• Joan Hammond - Opera singer - soprano
• John Clements - Actor, Producer
• John Mills - British actor
• Joyce Grenfell actress, comedienne, singer-songwriter.
• Kathleen Harrison - British character actor
• Kay Hammond
• Larry Adler - Harmonica player
• Leslie Henson - Actor, Comedian
• Dame Maggie Teyte - Opera singer - soprano
• Mai Zetterling - Swedish actor
• Margaret Lockwood - The Lady Vanishes actor
• Monica Dickens
• Muir Mathieson - Conductor
• Peter Fleming - Writer, Explorer
• Peter Scott
• Peter Ustinov
• Petula Clark - Singer
• Phyllis Calvert - British actor
• Robertson Hare
• Ronald Shiner - British comedy actor
• Sally Ann Howes - British actor
• Stanley Holloway - Actor, Musician, Comedian
• Ted Kavanagh - Comedy scriptwriter
• Tommy Trinder - Comedian
• Vera Lynn - Forces singer
• Vivian Ellis - Popular composer
• Yvonne Arnaud

1952

• Ada Reeve
• Anna Neagle
• Anne Shelton
• Bill Greenslade
• Binnie Hale
• Boyd Neel
• Carroll Gibbons
• Christopher Stone
• Compton Mackenzie
• Delia Murphy
• Dorothy Dickson
• Elizabeth Welch
• Ellaline Terriss
• Esmond Knight
• Fay Compton
• Florence Desmond
• Fred Emney
• Fred Perry
• Gilbert Harding
• Gladys Cooper
• Godfrey Winn
• Googie Withers
• Gordon Harker
• Henry Hall
• Hermione Gingold - British character actor (Also 1959 and 1969)
• Jack Hulbert
• Jeanne de Casalis
• Joan Greenwood
• Joy Nichols
• Joy Worth
• Kirsten Flagstad
• Michael Denison and
• Dulcie Gray
• Nigel Patrick
• Peter Brough and
• Archie Andrews
• Richard Attenborough
• Richard Hearne
• Richard Murdoch and
• Kenneth Horne
• Robert Beatty
• Roger Livesey
• Sonnie Hale
• Spike Hughes
• Sybil Thorndike
• Ted Ray
• Tessie O'Shea
• Trevor Howard
• Vivien Leigh - Actor
• W. J. MacQueen-Pope
• Winifred Atwell
• Wynford Vaughan-Thomas

1953

• Alfredo Campoli
• Arthur Wint
• Belita
• Bernard Miles
• Brian Reece
• Cecil Parker
• Cyril Ritchard
• David Tomlinson
• Donald Wolfit
• Duncan Carse
• Geraldine McEwan
• Hugh Sinclair
• Hugh Williams
• Isabel Jeans
• Jack Hawkins
• Jack Warner
• Jean Carson
• John Arlott
• Leo Genn
• Leslie A. Hutchinson
• Lizbeth Webb
• Margaret Rutherford
• Max Miller
• Moira Lister
• Naunton Wayne
• Nora Swinburne
• Norman Wisdom
• Pamela Brown
• Pamela Kellino
• Peggy Cummins
• Ralph Richardson
• Richard Todd
• Robert Helpmann
• Robert Lynn
• Sheila Sim
• Webster Booth
• Wilfred Pickles

1954

• Bobby Howes
• Celia Johnson
• Dorothy Ward
• Evelyn Laye
• Fred Hoyle
• Jessie Matthews
• John Betjeman
• M. B. B. Banks
• Mary Ellis
• Nigel Balchin
• Reginald Dixon
• Robert Henriques
• T. E. B. Clarke
• Valerie Hobson
• Vivian de Gurr St George

1955

• Anthony Asquith
• Arthur Askey
• Barbara Kelly
• Bernard Braden
• Beverley Nicholls
• Bob Monkhouse and Denis Goodwin
• Chris Chataway
• Claire Bloom
• Dorothy Tutin
• Edward Allcard
• Eileen Joyce
• Emlyn Williams
• Eric Ambler
• Frances Day
• Harriet Cohen
• Herbert Wilcox
• Isobel Baillie
• Jack Train
• James Robertson Justice
• John Gregson
• Leslie Welch
• Lionel Gamlin
• Max Bygraves
• Michael Ayrton
• Michael Redgrave
• Nicholas Monsarrat
• Pat Kirkwood
• Pat Smythe
• Philip Harben
• R C Sherriff
• Robert Harris
• Sidonie Goossens
• Sir Alan P Herbert
• Sir Anton Dolin
• Sir Cedric Hardwicke
• Sir Malcolm Sargent
• Sir Osbert Lancaster
• Tod Slaughter
• Tommy Farr
• Tony Mottram
• Ursula Jeans
• Valentine Dyall
• Vic Oliver
• Yehudi Menuhin

1956

• Ada Cherry Kearton
• Anthony Steel
• Athene Seyler
• Bebe Daniels
• Bernard Newman
• Cyril Smith
• David Hughes
• David Nixon
• Dennis Brain
• Dennis Noble
• Dennis Price
• Donald Campbell
• Donald Sinden
• Dora Bryan
• Dora Labbette
• Eartha Kitt
• Eric Maschwitz
• Eva Turner
• Harry Secombe
• Humphrey Lyttelton
• Isobel Barnett
• Janette Scott
• Jim Laker
• John Neville
• John Watt
• Kenneth More
• Kenneth Tynan
• Laurence Harvey
• Len Harvey
• Leslie Caron
• Malcolm Muggeridge
• Marie Burke
• Nancy Spain
• Peter Finch
• Peter Kartin
• Peter Ustinov
• Robert Atkins
• Robert Fabian
• Sam Costa
• Shirley Abicair
• Spike Milligan
• Stirling Moss
• Ted Heath
• Terry-Thomas
• Tex Ritter
• Turner Layton
• Tyrone Power
• Valentine Britten
• Vanessa Lee

1957

• Alan Melville
• Alec Robertson - Broadcaster, Music critic
• Alma Cogan - Singer
• Anthony Quayle
• Audrey Russell - BBC commentator
• Belinda Lee - British actor
• Blanche Thebom - Opera singer - mezzo-soprano
• Bransby Williams - British actor
• Bud Flanagan
• C A Lejeune - Film critic
• Chris Brasher
• Christopher Stone - DJ
• Cicely Courtneidge
• Count Basie - Jazz bandleader, Pianist, Composer
• Sir David Attenborough - Naturalist, Broadcaster
• David Farrar - British Actor
• Dick Bentley - Take it from Here comedian
• Dilys Powell
• Earl Hines - Jazz pianist
• Edgar Lustgarten
• Elizabeth Bowen
• Eric Barker - Comedian
• Eric Sykes - Goon Show and Hancock comedy actor
• Fred Streeter - Horticulturalist, Broadcaster
• George Cansdale
• Gerard Hoffnung
• Gwen Catley - Opera singer - soprano
• Harold Hobson - Theatre critic
• Commander Ibbett - Broadcaster
• Jack Solomons
• Jack Teagarden - Jazz trombonist, Singer
• James Fisher - Naturalist
• Joan Cross - Opera singer - soprano
• John Dankworth - Jazz composer, Musician
• Leopold Stokowski - Conductor
• Lupino Lane - Comedian
• Mantovani - Musician
• Marius Goring - British Actor
• Moira Shearer - Dancer, Actor, Ballerina
• Dame Moura Lympany - Concert pianist
• Owen Berry - Actor , Boy Scout pioneer
• Peggy Ashcroft
• Percy Edwards - Broadcaster, Animal imitator
• Peter Sellers
• Ralph Wightman
• Rawicz & Landauer - Pianists
• Sir Thomas Beecham - Conductor
• Tamara Karsavina - Prima ballerina
• Tommy Steele
• Tony Hancock - Comedian, Star of Hancock's Half Hour
• Victor Borge - Danish comedian, Pianist
• Zena Dare

1958

• Aaron Copland - Composer
• Agnes Nicholls - Opera singer - soprano
• Alicia Markova - Prima ballerina
• Anton Walbrook - Colonel Blimp actor
• Ben Lyon - Comedian
• Benno Moiseiwitsch - Concert pianist
• Beryl Grey - Prima ballerina
• Billy Mayerl - Pianist
• Charlie Drake - Comedian
• Cleo Laine - Jazz Singer
• Derek McCulloch - Radio presenter
• Dickie Henderson
• Dickie Valentine [born Richard Maxwell] - English Pop singer
• Eamonn Andrews - Game Show Host
• Edmundo Ros - Latin-American bandleader
• Elena Gerhardt - Opera singer - mezzo-soprano
• Elisabeth Schwarzkopf - Opera singer - soprano
• Elizabeth Seal - Actor, Singer
• Elsie and Doris Waters - Comedians
• Eric Robinson - Conductor
• Flora Robson - British character actor
• Frankie Vaughan - Variety singer
• G H Elliott - Music hall entertainer
• Geraldo - Bandleader
• Hardy Amies - Fashion designer
• Harry Belafonte -Actor, Singer
• Hephzibah Menuhin - Concert Pianist
• Ian Carmichael - Actor
• Jack Payne - Bandleader
• Jean Pougnet - Violinist
• Jean Sablon - French singer
• June Paul - British 100 metre runner
• Kay Smart - Circus Performer
• Lionel Hale - Critic, Broadcaster, Playwright
• Dr Ludwig Koch - Scientist, Ornithologist
• Margaret Rawlings - British actor and Brains Trust contributor
• Max Jaffa - Viiolinist
• Michael Flanders and Donald Swann - Musicians, Comedians
• Naomi Jacob - Actor, Novelist, Biographer
• Oliver Messel - Stage designer
• Paul Robeson - Actor, Singer - bass-baritone
• Percy Kahn - Composer
• Rex Palmer - Broadcaster
• Richard Dimbleby - Broadcaster, Political commentator, Journalist
• Roy Plomley - Creator and presenter of Desert Island Discs
• Ruby Miller - British actor
• Sandy MacPherson - Theatre organist
• Sarah Vaughan - American jazz singer
• Stanley Black - Composer, Conductor, Pianist
• Tito Gobbi - Opera singer - baritone
• Victor Silvester - Bandleader, Dancer
• Wendy Toye - Dancer, Choreographer, Actor
• Wilfrid Hyde-White - British character actor

1959

• Alfred Hitchcock - Hollywood film director
• Alfred Marks - Comedian, Actor
• Andor Foldes - Pianist
• Sir Arthur Bliss - Composer
• BC Hilliam - Pianist
• Benny Hill - Comedian
• Bessie Love - Silent film actor
• Billy Cotton - Bandleader
• Lord Brabazon of Tara - Politician - Conservative, Aviation pioneer
• Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald - Naturalist
• Charles Mackerras - Conductor
• Chris Barber - Jazz bandleader
• Cyril Fletcher - What's My Line comedian
• Dame Rebecca West - Journalist, Novelist
• Dave Brubeck - Jazz musician, Pianist
• Douglas Byng - Cabaret singer
• Edric Connor - Actor, Calypso singer
• Ernest Thesiger - The Bride of Frankenstein actor
• Eve Boswell - Singer
• Frankie Howerd - Comedian
• Sir Frederick Ashton - Choreographer
• George Melachrino - Conductor, Composer
• George Thalben-Ball - Organist
• Harold Abrahams - Olympic gold 100m runner
• Henry Sherek - Theatrical manager
• Hermione Baddeley Hermione Gingold] - British character actor (See Also 1952 and 1969)
• Ivor Newton - Pianist, Accompanist
• Joan Sutherland - Opera singer - soprano
• John Morris - Mountaineer, Journalist
• John Osborne - Actor, Playwright
• John Paddy Carstairs - Film director, Novelist, Painter
• John Snagge - Radio presenter
• Judy Grinham MBE - Olympic gold swimmer
• June Thorburn - British actor
• Sir Laurens van der Post - Writer, Explorer
• Sir Leonard Hutton - Captain of the England cricket team
• Lotte Lehmann - Opera singer - soprano
• Malcolm Arnold - British composer
• Marjorie Westbury - Actor, Singer
• Norman Fisher - Chairman of the Brains Trust
• Peggy Cochrane - Pianist, Violinist, Composer
• Peter Cushing - Hammer Horror actor
• Ray Ellington - Jazz musician, Drummer, Bandleader
• Robert Farnon - Composer, Conductor
• Robertson Hare - Bristish comedy actor
• Ronald Searle - St Trinian's artist and cartoonist
• Ronnie Boyer and Jeanne Ravel - Ballroom dancers
• Steve Race - Pianist, Composer, Broadcaster
• Sylvia Syms - Ice Cold in Alex actor
• Ted (Edward) Moult - Broadcaster, Farmer
• Tyrone Guthrie - Theatre director
• Uffa Fox

1960

• Alec Bedser
• Anne Heywood
• Antal Doráti
• Anthony Newley
• Antonia Ridge
• Barrington Dalby
• Brian Rix
• Cecil Day-Lewis
• Claudio Arrau
• Cliff Richard
• Danny Blanchflower
• Dave King
• David Langdon
• Diane Cilento
• Dickie Henderson
• Don Thompson
• Eddie Calvert
• Edmund Hockridge
• Ernest Lough
• Frank Muir and Denis Norden
• Frederick Grisewood
• Geoffrey Talbot
• Gladys Young
• Harry Mortimer
• Herbert Lom
• Jack Johnson
• Joan Heal
• John Freeman
• Johnny Morris
• Julian Slade
• Liberace
• Lionel Bart
• Lord Boothby
• Léon Goossens
• Marie Rambert
• Marty Wilde
• Michael Somes
• Michaela and Armand Denis
• Oda Slobodskaya
• Pat Suzuki
• Paul Beard
• Professor A C B Lovell
• Russ Conway
• S P B Mais
• Semprini
• Shirley Bassey
• Sidney James
• Sidney Torch
• Sir Adrian Boult
• Sir Alec Guinness
• Sir Arthur Bryant
• Ursula Bloom

1961

• Adam Faith
• Ann Haydon
• Anna Massey
• Antonio
• Barbara Jefford
• Beverley Sisters
• Bob Hope
• Brian Reece
• Canon Noel Duckworth
• Carmen Dragon
• Coral Browne
• Cyril Mills
• Diana Dors
• Dr W Grey Walter
• Edward Ward
• Finlay Currie
• Gerald Durrell
• Gracie Fields
• Hattie Jacques
• Jack Fingleton
• James Mason
• Jimmy Edwards
• Joan Collins
• Joe Davis
• John Slater
• Julian Bream
• June Bronhill
• Kenneth Horne
• Kenneth McKellar
• Kenneth Williams
• Kingsley Amis
• Mary Ure
• Michael Wilding
• Nelson Riddle
• Paul Gallico
• Peter Scott
• Pietro Annigoni
• Ralph Reader
• Richard Murdoch
• Roy Hay
• Rupert Davies
• Sir Gerald Beadle
• Sir Michael Balcon
• Stephen King-Hall
• Ted Williams
• Tommy Reilly
• Victor Gollancz
• Virgil Thomson
• Wee Georgie Wood
• Yvonne Mitchell

1971

• A G Street
• Acker Bilk
• Alistair Cooke
• Anna Russell
• Antony Hopkins
• Billy Butlin
• Bruce Forsyth
• Charlie Chester
• Christina Foyle
• Clarkson Rose
• Colonel A D Wintle
• Dr Robert Stopford
• Edith Day
• Eric Hosking
• Fanny and Johnnie Cradock
• Frank Chacksfield
• Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat
• Franklin Engelmann
• George Mitchell
• George Shearing
• Giovanni Martinelli
• Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies
• H E Bates
• Hughie Green
• Irene Handl
• Jack Warner
• James Gunn
• John Allegro
• Kay Cavendish
• Ken Sykora
• L. Hugh Newman
• Leslie Crowther
• Leslie Phillips
• Lionel Tertis
• Louis Kentner
• Mario del Monaco
• Merfyn Turner
• Pamela Hansford-Johnson
• Paul Rogers
• Peter Jones
• Peter Saunders
• R F Delderfield
• Raymond Glendenning
• Robert Morley
• Sidney Nolan
• Sir Alan Cobham
• Sir Fitzroy MacLean
• Sir John Gielgud
• Stanley Holloway
• Stanley Unwin
• Stephen Spender
• Stuart Hibberd

1963

• Admiral Sir Michael Maynard Denny
• Arthur Haynes
• Barry Bucknell
• Basil Boothroyd
• Bernard Cribbins
• Beryl Reid
• Birgit Nilsson
• Boyd Neel
• Carleton Hobbs
• Coco the Clown
• Cyril Ornadel
• Cyril Smith and Phyllis Sellick
• David Frost
• Dorothy Squires
• Dr Reginald Jacques
• Dudley Perkins
• Eva Bartok
• Frank Worrell
• George Chisholm
• Geraint Evans
• Gordon Pirie
• Graham Hill
• Group Captain Leonard Cheshire
• Harford Montgomery Hyde
• Ian Fleming
• Joan Bennett
• Joe Loss
• Juliette Greco
• Leslie Gilbert Illingworth
• Marjorie Proops
• Michael Bentine
• Millicent Martin
• Norman del Mar
• Noël Coward
• Pat Moss
• Sir Patrick Moore Scientist, Broadcaster, Astronomer
• Percy Thrower
• Professor L Dudley
• Quentin Reynolds
• Raymond Baxter
• Richard Lewis
• Ron Grainer
• Rowland Emmett
• Sir Charles Maclean
• Sir Harry Whitlohn
• Sir Learie Constantine
• Sophie Tucker
• Stephen Potter
• T R Robinson
• Ted Willis
• Vivienne

1964

• Brian Epstein
• Cilla Black
• Dame Edith Evans
• David Jacobs
• David Kossoff
• David Wynne
• Dick Chipperfield
• Dirk Bogarde
• Dorian Williams
• Ethel Revnell
• Frank Phillips
• George Malcolm
• Glen Byam Shaw
• Hardie Ratcliffe
• Harry Brittain
• Harry Wheatcroft
• Honor Blackman
• Ian Wallace
• Jim Clark
• John Bratby
• John Clements
• Jon Pertwee
• Julie Andrews
• Kenneth Connor
• Lavinia Young
• Leslie Baily
• Lord Thomson of Fleet
• Paul Tortelier
• Percy Merriman
• Regina Resnik
• Reverend W Awdry
• Rex Alston
• Richard Attenborough
• Richard Wattis
• Robbie Brightwell
• Roy MacGregor-Hastie
• Russell Brockbank
• Sir Miles Thomas
• Stan Barstow
• Stephen Grenfell
• Stratford Johns
• Tallulah Bankhead
• Vanessa Redgrave
• Wilfrid Brambell
• William Douglas-Home

1965

• Adele Leigh
• Al Read
• Ambrose
• Anatole Grunwald
• Annie Ross
• Arthur Fielder
• Bert Weeden
• Bill Shankly
• Constance Shacklock
• Dame Margot Fonteyn
• Dawn Addams
• Dick Richards
• Frank Ifield
• Gale Pedrick
• General Frederick Coutts
• George Baker
• Ginette Spanier
• Harold Pinter
• Harry Corbett
• Hayley Mills
• Hildegarde
• Hugh Lloyd
• Ian Hunter
• John Hanson
• Joseph Szigeti
• Julian Herbage
• Lord Robens
• MacDonald Hastings
• Marlene Dietrich
• Mary Stocks
• Maxwell Knight
• Michael Flanders
• Nadia Nerina
• Owen Brannigan
• Peter Hall
• Rae Jenkins
• Reverend David Sheppard
• Rita Tushingham
• Robert Carrier
• Robert Marx
• Sheila Hancock
• Sir Basil Spence
• Sir John Rothenstein
• Sir Lewis Casson
• Sir Paul Dukes
• Sir Richard Woolley
• Sir Robert Mayer
• Sir William Coldstream
• Sir William Walton
• William Connor
• William Hartnell

1966

• Alan Bullock
• Andrew Cruickshank
• Anthony Burgess
• Arnold Wesker
• Bill Fraser
• Billy Simpson
• Bob & Alf Pearson
• Bryan Forbes
• Captain John Ridgway & Sergent Chay Blyth
• Charles Craig
• Charlton Heston
• Christopher Hopper
• Cyril Connolly
• Danny La Rue
• David Hicks
• Derek Oldham
• Emily MacManus
• G. O. Nickalls
• Georg Solti
• Gwendoline Kirby
• Henry Cooper
• Hubert Gregg
• Inia Te Wiata
• Jack Brabham
• Jacques Brunius
• Jennifer Vyvyan
• Jimmy Shand
• June Ritchie
• Katherine Whitehorn
• Leonard Cottrell
• Lilli Palmer
• Lord Soper
• Marie Collier
• Michael Craig
• Mitch Miller
• Morcambe & Wise
• Nat Gonella
• Nina & Frederik
• Ninette de Valois
• Patience Strong
• Peter Diamand
• Peter Wilson
• Professor W. E. Swinton
• Sara Leighton
• Sarah Churchill
• Sir Frank Francis
• Sir Stanley Rous
• Stephen Bishops
• Talbot Duckmanton
• Terry Scott
• Tommy Simpson
• Virginia McKenna
• Wilfred Andrews

1967

• Alan Bennett - Writer, Comedian, Playwright
• André Previn - Pianist, Conductor
• Colin Davis - Conductor
• David Ward - Musician, Bass, Opera singe
• Professor Sir Denis Brogan - Academic, Teacher, Journalist
• Denis Matthews - Concert pianist
• Doris Arnold - Broadcaster, Producer
• Dame Gladys Cooper - British actor
• Rt Hon. Sir Edward Boyle - Politician - Conservative
• Fenella Fielding - Actor
• George Woodcock - TUC General Secretary, Trade union official
• Heather Jenner - Owner of a marriage bureau, Businesswoman
• Henry Longhurst - Journalist, Golf expert
• Henryk Szeryng - Musician, Violinist
• Sir Hugh Casson - Engineer, Architect, Designer
• Irene Worth - American actor
• Jacques Loussier - Pianist
• Jeremy Thorpe - Leader of Liberal Party, Politician - Liberal
• John Barry - Composer
• John Ogdon - Musician, Concert pianist
• Kenneth Wolstenholme - Sports commentator
• Sir Michael Hordern - Actor
• Miriam Karlin - Actor
• Reverend Dr P B Clayton - Founder of Toc H, Clergyman
• Raymond Huntley - Actor
• Richard Briers - Actor
• Lord Ritchie-Calder - Academic, Writer, Traveller, Scientist, Journalist
• Robert Merrill - Opera singer - baritone
• Roy Castle - Television presenter, Jazz trumpeter
• Roy Hudd - Comedian
• Tom Courtenay - Actor
• Warren Mitchell - Till Death Us Do Part actor
• Captain William Warwick - Captain of QE2, Sailor, Captain
• Xenia Field - Horticulturalist, Editor

1968

• Alfie Bass - Actor
• Dame Anne Godwin - Trade union official
• Ann Mallalieu - First lady President of the Cambridge Union
• Archie Camden - Bassoonist
• Arthur Askey - Comedian
• Professor Asa Briggs - Vice-Chancellor of Sussex University, Social historian
• Bill Boorne - Journalist, Columnist
• Billy Russell - Comedian, Actor
• Barbara Murray - British actor
• Bob Braithwaite - Clay pigeon shooting champion
• Lieutenant Colonel C H Jaeger - Senior Director of Music in the Brigade of Guards
• Carlo Maria Giulini - Conductor
• C Day Lewis - Poet Laureate
• Colin Cowdrey - England cricket captain
• Dan Maskell - Tennis player, Tennis commentator
• Des Wilson - Director of Shelter
• Desmond Morris - Zoologist
• Edward Chapman - British actor
• Edwige Feuillere - French actor
• Eleanor Bron - British actor
• Eric Shipton - Explorer, Mountaineer
• Francis Durbridge - Thriller writer
• Sir Francis McLean - BBC Director of Engineering, Engineer
• Sir Gilbert Inglefield - Lord Mayor of London
• Sir Gordon Russell - Furniture designer
• Dame Janet Baker - Opera singer - mezzo-soprano
• Leslie Sarony - Actor, Comedian, Songwriter
• Louis Armstrong - Jazz trumpeter, Singer
• Henry Hall - Impresario, Bandleader
• John Bird - Actor, Director, Impersonator
• John Mortimer - Playwright, Lawyer, Barrister
• John Williams - Classical guitarist
• Jon Vickers - Opera singer - tenor
• Dame Maggie Teyte - Opera singer - soprano
• Margaret Drabble - Writer, Novelist
• Marilyn Horne - Opera singer - mezzo-soprano
• Marty Feldman - Comedian, Scriptwriter, Actor
• Sir Michael Tippett - Composer
• Dame Ngaio Marsh - Crime writer
• Sir Nicholas Sekers - Businessman, Industrialist
• Sir Paul Gore-Booth - Head of Diplomatic Service
• Peggy Mount - British character actor
• Raymond Postgate - Novelist, Historian , Food and wine expert
• Richard Baker - Broadcaster, Newsreader
• Richard Lester - Film director
• Richard Rodney Bennett - Composer
• Rosalinde Fuller - British actor
• Rosea Kemp - Weather forecaster
• Russell Braddon - Novelist, Broadcaster
• Sandy Powell - Comedian
• Susan Hampshire - British actor
• T Dan Smith - Chairman of the Northern Economic Planning Council, Politician - Labour, Councillor
• Thora Hird - British actor
• Trevor Nunn - Artistic Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company

1969

• Alan Pegler - Owner of Flying Scotsman
• Sir Alec Rose - Sailor
• Alvar Lidell - Broadcaster, Radio presenter (See also 1945)
• Angus Wilson - Novelist, Short story writer
• Lady Antonia Fraser - Historian
• Anthony Grey - Foreign correspondent
• Cliff Morgan - Rugby player, Broadcaster
• Cyril Harmer - Auctioneer, Philatelist
• Lord David Cecil - Man of letters, Biographer, Teacher
• Des O'Connor - Singer, Entertainer
• Lady Diana Cooper - Actor, Writer
• Donald Zec - Daily Mirror journalist
• Dudley Moore - Comedian, Pianist, Actor
• Edward Downes - Conductor
• Dr Elsie Hall - Pianist
• Evelyn Laye - British actor
• Evelyn Rothwell - Oboist
• Ginger Rogers - Actor
• Godfrey Baseley - Creator of The Archers
• Heather Harper - Opera singer - soprano
• Henry Williamson - Author of Tarka The Otter
• Hermione Baddeley Hermione Gingold] - Bristish Actor (See also 1952 and 1959)
• Hetty King - Comedian, Impersonator
• Hylda Baker - Music hall and television actor
• Irmgard Seefried - Opera singer - soprano
• Jill Bennett - British actor
• John Trevelyan - Film censor
• Sir John Wolfenden - Director of the British Museum
• Kenneth More - British film actor
• L Marsland Gander - Radio and television correspondent
• Leonard Henry - Comedian
• Lillian Board - Athlete
• Maggie Fitzgibbon - Australian actor, singer
• Mary Stewart - Novelist
• Mary Wilson - Wife of Prime Minister, Poet
• Maurice Jacobson - Music festivals adjudicator
• Max Adrian - Royal Shakespeare Company actor
• Moira Anderson - Singer
• Nicolai Gedda - Opera singer - tenor
• Olivia Manning - Novelist
• Peter Pears - Opera singer - tenor
• Rachael Heyhoe - Women's test cricket team captain
• Raymond Mays - Car designer, Racing driver
• Sir Robin Day - Broadcaster, Reporter, Interviewer
• Stanford Robinson - Conductor
• Stanley Rubinstein - Lawyer
• Thea Holme - Actor, Writer
• Tommy Steele - Actor, Singer
• Vincent Price - American horror actor
• Virginia Wade - Tennis player
• Viscount Montgomery of Alamein - Field Marshall
• Zena Skinner - Chef, Cookery expert

1970

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1974

1975

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• List of Desert Island Discs episodes (1961–1970)