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

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    • Apr 5, 1965 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 14 EPISODES


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    George Baker

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 1965 27:18


    Roy Plomley's castaway is baritone George Baker. Favourite track: Praise to the Holiest in the Height (from The Dream of Gerontius) by Edward Elgar Book: His favourite works by Charles Dickens Luxury: Writing materials

    praise favourite height holiest george baker gerontius roy plomley
    Arthur Fiedler

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 1965 26:26


    Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Arthur Fiedler. Book: Encyclopaedia Britannica Luxury: Binoculars

    arthur fiedler roy plomley
    Owen Brannigan

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 1965 25:33


    Roy Plomley's castaway is bass Owen Brannigan. Favourite track: Noye's Fludde by Benjamin Britten Book: The collected works by G.K. Chesterton Luxury: Trombone

    favourite brannigan roy plomley
    Marlene Dietrich

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 1965 19:49


    Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Marlene Dietrich. Favourite track: The Rite of Spring by Igor Stravinsky Book: The Telegram by Konstantin Paustovsky and A Story of Life by Konstantin Paustovsky Luxury: Mementoes box

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    Jack de Manio

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 26, 1964 21:41


    Roy Plomley's castaway is broadcaster Jack de Manio. Favourite track: The Faithful Hussar by Louis Armstrong and his All Stars Book: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy Luxury: Scented soap

    peace favourite louis armstrong roy plomley manio
    Tallulah Bankhead

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 1964 23:40


    Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Tallulah Bankhead. Book: The Human Situation by MacNeill Dixon Luxury: Her portrait by Augustus John

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    Reverend W Awdry

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 1964 29:11


    Roy Plomley's castaway is the creator of Thomas the Tank Engine Reverend W Awdry. Favourite track: Baal, We Cry to Thee by Felix Mendelssohn Book: Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe Luxury: Writing materials

    favourite reverend baal roy plomley
    Kenneth Connor

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 1964 21:41


    Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Kenneth Connor. Favourite track: Little Bit This, Little Bit That by Jimmy Durante Book: Margin Released by J B Priestley Luxury: Guitar

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    Nicolai Poliakoff

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 1963 23:54


    Roy Plomley's castaway is Coco the Clown - Nicolai Poliakoff. Favourite track: Black Eyes by Balalaika Orchestra Book: Dictionary Luxury: Writing materials

    favourite coco nicolai black eyes roy plomley
    Gordon Pirie

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 1963 22:03


    Roy Plomley's castaway is athlete Gordon Pirie. Favourite track: The Very Thought of You by Norrie Paramor and his Orchestra Book: Gray's Anatomy Luxury: Motor car

    favourite pirie roy plomley
    Sir Charles MacLean

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 1963 23:42


    Roy Plomley's castaway is Chief Scout Sir Charles MacLean. Favourite track: Symphony No 5 in F Minor (Toccata) by Charles Marie Widor Book: Volumes of The Illustrated London News Luxury: Piano

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    Ken Sykora

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 1962 24:31


    Roy Plomley's castaway is guitarist Ken Sykora. Favourite track: Nuages by Django Reinhardt Book: Science for the Citizen Luxury: Guitar

    favourite nuages sykora roy plomley
    Gracie Fields

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 25, 1961 22:51


    Roy Plomley's castaway is actress and singer Gracie Fields. Favourite track: Piano Concerto No 2 in C Minor by Sergei Rachmaninov Book: The Forsyte Saga by John Galsworthy Luxury: Reproduction of Renoir's The Picnic

    fields favourite c minor piano concerto no roy plomley
    Wee Georgie Wood

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 1961 21:56


    Roy Plomley's castaway is musician Wee Georgie Wood. Favourite track: Private Lives Act 1 by Noel Coward & Gertrude Lawrence Book: Memoirs of a Midget by Walter de la Mare Luxury: Writing materials

    wood favourite midgets noel coward roy plomley

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