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Jan 26, 2012 · Vic Oliver was welcomed on to the first ever Desert Island Discs programme as a "comedian, lightning club manipulator, violinist and comedy trick cyclist", according to the surviving...
Vic Oliver was born on July 8, 1898 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. He was a composer and actor, known for Give Us the Moon (1944), He Found a Star (1941) and Hi Gang! (1941). He was married to Natalie Conder and Sarah Churchill. He died on August 15, 1964 in Johannesburg, South Africa.
- July 8, 1898
- August 15, 1964
Jan 26, 2012 · His first guest, Vic Oliver, was a household name comedian, musician, host and music hall act. Oliver had married Winston Churchill's daughter and found fame appearing on the wartime...
A guide to Vic Oliver: The First Castaway Remembered, the 2012 BBC Radio 4 radio documentary. Profile of the comic, musical hall act, and the first ever guest on Desert Island Discs.
Jan 26, 2012 · As Desert Island Discs celebrates 80 years, David Baddiel explores the mercurial life of its very first castaway, entertainer Vic Oliver. In the forties, as a comedian, musician, host and music...
Jun 13, 2018 · David Baddiel explores the life of the very first Desert Island Discs castaway, the mercurial entertainer Vic Oliver. In the 40s, as a comedian, musician, host and music hall act, Oliver was a...
Jan 29, 2012 · The first ever castaway, back in 1942, to what was then Roy Plomley's island was an entertainer called Vic Oliver.