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Moira Anderson

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 1969 6:10


Roy Plomley's castaway is singer Moira Anderson. Favourite track: Dr MacLeod's Fancy by John Ellis & Highland Country Dance Band Book: Scouting for Boys by Robert Baden-Powell Luxury: Bathroom suite

Lillian Board

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 1969 8:37


Roy Plomley's castaway is athlete Lillian Board. Favourite track: Theme From Zorba the Greek by Theodorakis Book: Family photograph album Luxury: Bed

Irmgard Seefried

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 1969 7:52


Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Irmgard Seefried. Favourite track: Violin Concerto in D Major (Opus 61) by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: Herr, Hier Bin Ich (Prayers of Life) Luxury: String of pearls

Anthony Grey

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 1969 6:32


Roy Plomley's castaway is foreign correspondent Anthony Grey. Favourite track: Concerto Grosso in C Major by George Frideric Handel Book: Dictionary Luxury: Book stall in Victoria station

Cliff Morgan

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 1969 7:35


Roy Plomley's castaway is rugby player Cliff Morgan. Favourite track: Westminster (Narration with Sound Effects) by Hywel Davies Book: Teach-yourself encyclopaedia Luxury: Piano

Des O'Connor

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 1969 3:28


Roy Plomley's castaway is musician and actor Des O'Connor. Favourite track: Caught in the Act by Victor Borge Book: Encyclopaedia Luxury: Daily delivery of The Sporting Life

Olivia Manning

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 1969 7:38


Roy Plomley's castaway is novelist Olivia Manning. Favourite track: The Swan of Tuonela (Opus 22 No 2) by Jean Sibelius Book: Growth and Form by D'Arcy Thompson Luxury: Clue to buried treasure

Rachael Heyhoe

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 1969 1:48


Roy Plomley's castaway is women's cricket captain Rachael Heyhoe. Favourite track: Nursery School by Joyce Grenfell Book: Book on desert island cookery Luxury: Ukelele

Vincent Price

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 1969 4:34


Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Vincent Price. Favourite track: America the Beautiful by Vincent Price Book: Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman Luxury: Double bed

Dr Elsie Hall

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 1969 13:57


Roy Plomley's castaway is pianist Dr Elsie Hall. Favourite track: Symphony No 1 in C Minor by Johannes Brahms Book: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy Luxury: Billiard table, cue and balls

Lady Diana Cooper

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 1969 20:50


Roy Plomley's castaway is writer and actress Lady Diana Cooper. Favourite track: Die Walkure - Wotan Puts Brunnhilde to Sleep by Richard Wagner Book: Volumes of her autobiography Luxury: Bag of pillows, in which she will smuggle in her dog

Mary Wilson

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 1969 9:13


Roy Plomley's castaway is poet Mary Wilson. Favourite track: Faust (Final Chorus) by Charles Gounod Book: Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte Luxury: Make-up set, mirror and comb

Edward Downes

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 1969 9:43


Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Edward Downes. Favourite track: Bailero by Mardeleine Grey Book: Encyclopaedia Luxury: Chinese language course

Lord David Cecil

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 1969 6:19


Roy Plomley's castaway is writer and critic Lord David Cecil. Favourite track: Brandenburg Concerto No 5 in D Major by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy Luxury: Donatello's great altar in St Anthony's Church, Padua

Maggie Fitzgibbon

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 1969 6:47


Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Maggie Fitzgibbon. Favourite track: Paddlin' Madelin' Home by Graham 'Smacka' Fitzgibbon Book: The Birdman of Alcatraz by Robert Stroud Luxury: Alabaster cherub

Rosea Kemp

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 25, 1968 5:07


Roy Plomley's castaway is weather forecaster Rosea Kemp. Favourite track: Hallelujah Chorus (from Messiah) by George Frideric Handel Book: Enquire Within Upon Everything Luxury: Four poster bed

Sir Paul Gore-Booth

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 1968 9:45


Roy Plomley's castaway is Head of the Diplomatic Service Sir Paul Gore-Booth. Favourite track: Piano Concerto No 20 in D Minor by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: Books by Mary Baker Eddy Luxury: Piano

Billy Russell

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 1968 5:21


Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian Billy Russell. Favourite track: The Lord's Prayer by Gracie Fields Book: Encyclopaedia Luxury: Painting materials

Richard Rodney Bennett

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 1968 6:28


Roy Plomley's castaway is composer Richard Rodney Bennett. Favourite track: Jeux by Claude Debussy Book: The Atlantic Book by Edith Sitwell Luxury: Piano

Carlo Maria Giulini

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 1968 15:24


Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Carlo Maria Giulini. Favourite track: String Quartet No 15 in A Minor (Opus 132) by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: The Mirror of Perfection - The Praise of Created Things by St Francis of Assisi

Eleanor Bron

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 1968 4:48


Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Eleanor Bron. Favourite track: Im Fruhling by Franz Schubert Book: Bi-lingual edition by Homer Luxury: Sycamore trees

Sir Gordon Russell

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 1968 10:05


Roy Plomley's castaway is designer Sir Gordon Russell. Favourite track: Water Music Suite by George Frideric Handel Book: The Natural History of Selborne by Gilbert White Luxury: Claret

Trevor Nunn

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 1968 2:18


Roy Plomley's castaway is Royal Shakespeare Company Director Trevor Nunn. Favourite track: The Sound of Silence by Simon & Garfunkel Book: Yoga manual Luxury: Kingsize cigarette

Dame Maggie Teyte

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 1968 17:52


Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Dame Maggie Teyte.

Russell Braddon

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 1968 13:26


Roy Plomley's castaway is writer and broadcaster Russell Braddon. Favourite track: Casta Diva (from Norma) by Vincenzo Bellini Book: History of the World Luxury: Red ink

Alfie Bass

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 1968 4:08


Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Alfie Bass. Favourite track: Piano Concerto No 3 in C Minor by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: Encyclopaedia

Susan Hampshire

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 1968 5:41


Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Susan Hampshire. Favourite track: Paris au Mois d'Aout by Charles Aznavour Book: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy Luxury: Painting, or a 16th-century patch box

John Mortimer

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 1968 10:40


Roy Plomley's castaway is playwright and barrister John Mortimer. Favourite track: Voi Che Sapete (from The Marriage of Figaro) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu by Marcel Proust Luxury: Marble bath with constant hot water

Jacques Loussier

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 1967 5:02


Roy Plomley's castaway is pianist Jacques Loussier. Favourite track: Come Thou, the World's Redeemer (Choral Prelude) by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Men, Beasts and Gods by Ferdinand Ossendowski Luxury: Painting of the Crucifixion by Salvador Dali

Irene Worth

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 1967 6:58


Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Irene Worth. Favourite track: Five Pieces for Orchestra No.1 by Arnold Schoenberg Book: Textbook on anthropology Luxury: The Beatles new colour television show

Professor Sir Denis Brogan

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 1967 2:47


Roy Plomley's castaway is academic and broadcaster Professor Sir Denis Brogan. Favourite track: The Rite of Spring by Igor Stravinsky Book: Works by Dante Alighieri Luxury: Writing materials

Doris Arnold

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 1967 4:10


Roy Plomley's castaway is broadcaster Doris Arnold. Favourite track: Praise to the Holiest (from The Dream of Gerontius) by Edward Elgar Book: The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett Luxury: Mink coat

Lord Ritchie-Calder

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 1967 9:06


Roy Plomley's castaway is academic and writer Lord Ritchie-Calder. Favourite track: J'Attendrai by Jean Sablon Book: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy Luxury: Tape recorder

Very Reverend Dr W R Matthews

Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 1967 7:56


Roy Plomley's castaway is the Dean of St Paul's, the Very Reverend Dr W R Matthews. Favourite track: Gloria in Excelsis (from Mass in D) by Franz Joseph Haydn Book: Republic by Plato Luxury: Beginner's guide to making rafts

John Schlesinger

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 1967 2:26


Roy Plomley's castaway is film director John Schlesinger. Favourite track: Morgen (Opus 27 No 4) by Richard Strauss Book: Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift Luxury: Insect repellent

Rolf Harris

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 1967 4:19


Roy Plomley's castaway is musician, artist and broadcaster Rolf Harris. Favourite track: Matila by Yves Montand Book: Dusty by Frank Dalby Davison Luxury: Two tape recorders

Dick Francis

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 1967 9:09


Roy Plomley's castaway is novelist and journalist Dick Francis. Favourite track: I Left My Heart in San Francisco by Tony Bennett Book: The Spirit of St Louis by Charles Lindbergh Luxury: Mirror

Barry Briggs

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 1967 5:12


Roy Plomley's castaway is world speedway champion Barry Briggs. Favourite track: You Oughta be in Pictures by Ray Conniff & Billy Butterfield Book: Encyclopaedia Luxury: Surfboard

Richard Goolden

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 1967 4:31


Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Richard Goolden. Favourite track: Where Have All the Flowers Gone? by Marlene Dietrich Book: The Essays of Elia by Charles Lamb Luxury: Cigars and a dinner jacket

Gwendoline Kirby

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 1966 5:40


Roy Plomley's castaway is Matron of Great Ormond Street Hospital Gwendoline Kirby. Favourite track: The Lord is My Shepherd (Brother James's Air) by The Orpington Junior Singers Book: The Lord of the Rings by J R R Tolkien Luxury: Field glasses

Jack Brabham

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 1966 11:34


Roy Plomley's castaway is racing driver Jack Brabham. Favourite track: Our Love is Here to Stay by Nat King Cole Book: Textbook on advanced mechanical engineering Luxury: Not required

Captain John Ridgway & Sargeant Chay Blyth

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 1966 22:02


Roy Plomley's castaways are rowers John Ridgway & Chay Blyth. Favourite track: Sinfonia Antarctica by Ralph Vaughan Williams Book: Dictionary and Anthology of poetry Luxury: Shaving kit and a leather armchair

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