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Desert Island Discs: Fragment Archive 1960-1969 Podcast

English, Public-Community, 1 season, 124 episodes, 18 hours, 2 minutes
About
Guests are invited to choose the eight records they would take to a desert island
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Moira Anderson

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
12/13/19696 minutes, 10 seconds
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Lillian Board

Roy Plomley's castaway is athlete Lillian Board. Favourite track: Theme From Zorba the Greek by Theodorakis Book: Family photograph album Luxury: Bed
11/29/19698 minutes, 37 seconds
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Irmgard Seefried

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
11/22/19697 minutes, 52 seconds
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Anthony Grey

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
11/1/196919 minutes, 24 seconds
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Cliff Morgan

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
9/27/19697 minutes, 35 seconds
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Des O'Connor

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
9/1/19693 minutes, 28 seconds
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Olivia Manning

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
8/25/19697 minutes, 38 seconds
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Rachael Heyhoe

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
7/28/19691 minute, 48 seconds
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Vincent Price

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
7/14/19694 minutes, 34 seconds
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Dr Elsie Hall

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
4/28/196920 minutes, 36 seconds
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Lady Diana Cooper

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
3/24/196920 minutes, 50 seconds
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Mary Wilson

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
3/10/19699 minutes, 13 seconds
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Edward Downes

Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Edward Downes. Favourite track: Bailero by Mardeleine Grey Book: Encyclopaedia Luxury: Chinese language course
2/17/19699 minutes, 43 seconds
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Lord David Cecil

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
2/3/19696 minutes, 19 seconds
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Maggie Fitzgibbon

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
1/27/19696 minutes, 47 seconds
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Rosea Kemp

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
12/25/19685 minutes, 7 seconds
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Sir Paul Gore-Booth

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
11/13/196823 minutes, 33 seconds
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Billy Russell

Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian Billy Russell. Favourite track: The Lord's Prayer by Gracie Fields Book: Encyclopaedia Luxury: Painting materials
10/7/19685 minutes, 21 seconds
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Richard Rodney Bennett

Roy Plomley's castaway is composer Richard Rodney Bennett. Favourite track: Jeux by Claude Debussy Book: The Atlantic Book by Edith Sitwell Luxury: Piano
9/9/19686 minutes, 28 seconds
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Carlo Maria Giulini

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
8/19/196815 minutes, 24 seconds
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Eleanor Bron

Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Eleanor Bron. Favourite track: Im Fruhling by Franz Schubert Book: Bi-lingual edition by Homer Luxury: Sycamore trees
6/24/19684 minutes, 48 seconds
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Sir Gordon Russell

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
6/3/196810 minutes, 5 seconds
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Trevor Nunn

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
5/20/19682 minutes, 18 seconds
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Dame Maggie Teyte

Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Dame Maggie Teyte.
4/15/196817 minutes, 52 seconds
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Russell Braddon

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
4/8/196813 minutes, 26 seconds
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Alfie Bass

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Alfie Bass. Favourite track: Piano Concerto No 3 in C Minor by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: Encyclopaedia
4/1/19684 minutes, 8 seconds
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Susan Hampshire

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
2/3/19685 minutes, 41 seconds
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John Mortimer

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
1/20/196810 minutes, 40 seconds
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Jacques Loussier

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
11/25/19675 minutes, 2 seconds
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Irene Worth

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
11/18/19676 minutes, 58 seconds
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Denis Matthews

Roy Plomley's castaway is concert pianist Denis Matthews. Favourite track: Quartet in C Sharp Minor (Opus 131) by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: The Loom of Language by Frederick Bodmer Luxury: Telescope
10/30/19673 minutes, 36 seconds
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Professor Sir Denis Brogan

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
10/21/19672 minutes, 47 seconds
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Doris Arnold

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
9/25/19674 minutes, 10 seconds
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Lord Ritchie-Calder

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
6/26/19679 minutes, 6 seconds
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John Barry

Roy Plomley's castaway is composer and conductor John Barry. Favourite track: The Crusaders in Pskov from Alexander Nevsky, Opus 78 by Sergei Prokofiev Book: Imitation of Christ by Thomas à Kempis Luxury: Piano
5/22/19673 minutes, 9 seconds
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Very Reverend Dr W R Matthews

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
5/1/19677 minutes, 56 seconds
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John Schlesinger

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
4/10/19672 minutes, 26 seconds
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Rolf Harris

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
4/3/19674 minutes, 19 seconds
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Dick Francis

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
3/27/19679 minutes, 9 seconds
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Barry Briggs

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
3/13/19675 minutes, 12 seconds
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Richard Goolden

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
1/23/19674 minutes, 31 seconds
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Gwendoline Kirby

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
12/24/19665 minutes, 40 seconds
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Jack Brabham

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
12/19/196611 minutes, 34 seconds
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Captain John Ridgway & Sargeant Chay Blyth

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
12/5/196622 minutes, 2 seconds
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Jacques Brunius

Roy Plomley's castaway is writer and critic Jacques Brunius. Favourite track: West End Blues by Louis Armstrong's Hot Seven Book: Complete works by Lewis Carroll Luxury: Broken and unplayable pop record
10/17/19661 minute, 23 seconds
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Nina & Frederick

Roy Plomley's castaways are singers Nina & Frederick. Favourite track: Qual cor, qual cor tradisti by Vincenzo Bellini Book: I Ching and The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon Luxury: Harp and a flute
6/13/19665 minutes, 56 seconds
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Henry Cooper

Roy Plomley's castaway is heavyweight boxer Henry Cooper. Favourite track: Ave Maria by Franz Schubert Book: Do-it-yourself manual Luxury: Training gear
5/16/19667 minutes, 5 seconds
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Bob & Alf Pearson

Roy Plomley's castaways are duettists Bob & Alf Pearson. Favourite track: Tiger Rag Book: ABC Railway Timetable and A History of the English-Speaking Peoples by Sir Winston Churchill Luxury: Seeds and a piano
4/25/19665 minutes, 19 seconds
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Terry Scott

Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian and actor Terry Scott. Favourite track: The Sleeping Beauty by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Book: French language course Luxury: Eau de Cologne
4/11/19665 minutes, 34 seconds
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G O Nickalls

Roy Plomley's castaway is rower G O Nickalls. Favourite track: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Pear's Cyclopaedia Luxury: Rembrandt's Titus
3/21/19665 minutes, 44 seconds
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Sir Frank Francis

Roy Plomley's castaway is British Museum Director Sir Frank Francis. Favourite track: Symphony No 5 in C Minor (Opus 67) by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: The Duke's Children by Anthony Trollope and the Oxford English Dictionary Luxury: Golf clubs and balls
3/14/19663 minutes, 40 seconds
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Marie Collier

Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Marie Collier. Favourite track: Sheherazade by Maurice Ravel Book: Mrs Mackintosh My Darling by Marguerite Young Luxury: Etruscan frieze of horses
2/21/196615 minutes, 20 seconds
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Jimmy Shand

Roy Plomley's castaway is dance band leader Jimmy Shand. Favourite track: Welcome Christmas Morning by Jimmy Shand and his Band Book: The Second World War by Sir Winston Churchill Luxury: Tin whistle
1/1/19667 minutes, 1 second
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Nadia Nerina

Roy Plomley's castaway is prima ballerina Nadia Nerina. Favourite track: Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo (No 30) by Benjamin Britten Book: Illustrated book on Greek mythology Luxury: Piece of sculpture
10/18/19657 minutes, 52 seconds
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Rae Jenkins

Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Rae Jenkins. Favourite track: All the Things You Are by André Kostelanetz Orchestra Book: The Way of a Trout with a Fly by G E M Skues Luxury: Fly-tying materials
9/6/19657 minutes, 32 seconds
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Ambrose

Roy Plomley's castaway is bandleader Bert Ambrose. Favourite track: The Moon was Yellow by Ambrose and his Orchestra Book: The Carpetbaggers by Harold Robbins Luxury: Tea bags
8/2/19657 minutes, 3 seconds
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Annie Ross

Roy Plomley's castaway is jazz singer Annie Ross. Favourite track: Good Morning, Heartache by Billie Holiday Book: The Sun is My Undoing by Marguerite Steen Luxury: False eyelashes
7/26/19655 minutes, 25 seconds
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Sir Lewis Casson

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor and director Sir Lewis Casson. Favourite track: Toccata and Fugue in D Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach Luxury: Recorder and the 1912 portrait of Dame Sybil Thorndike
7/12/19652 minutes, 9 seconds
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Joseph Szigeti

Roy Plomley's castaway is violinist Joseph Szigeti. Book: Lady Muraski's The Tale of Gengi by Arthur Waley Luxury: Pictures
5/31/196511 minutes, 41 seconds
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Al Read

Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian Al Read. Favourite track: Waltzing Matilda by Frank Ifield Book: Think and Grow Rich and I'll Teach you Personality Luxury: Family photo album
4/19/196519 minutes, 46 seconds
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Dame Margot Fonteyn

Roy Plomley's castaway is prima ballerina Dame Margot Fonteyn. Favourite track: Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Hadrian's Memoirs by Marguerite Yourcenar Luxury: Skin-diver's mask
4/12/196526 minutes, 11 seconds
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Anatole de Grunwald

Roy Plomley's castaway is film producer Anatole de Grunwald. Favourite track: The Way to the Stars by Two Cities Symphony Book: Golfing stories by P G Wodehouse Luxury: Caviar
3/29/19652 minutes
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Sir Paul Dukes

Roy Plomley's castaway is musician and writer Sir Paul Dukes. Favourite track: Rhythmic Headstand by Sir Paul Dukes Book: The Rubaiyat by Omar Khayyam Luxury: Soap
2/22/196510 minutes, 23 seconds
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Gale Pedrick

Roy Plomley's castaway is author and scriptwriter Gale Pedrick. Favourite track: Flowers by Hermione Gingold Book: Who's Who Luxury: Writing materials
2/15/19659 minutes, 33 seconds
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Frank Phillips

Roy Plomley's castaway is newsreader Frank Phillips. Favourite track: Etude No 13 in A Flat Major (Opus 25 No 1) by Frédéric Chopin Book: A Dictionary of Origins by Eric Partridge Luxury: Armchair
11/23/196423 minutes, 5 seconds
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Cilla Black

Roy Plomley's castaway is singer Cilla Black. Favourite track: Anyone Who Had a Heart by Cilla Black Book: Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll Luxury: Mona Lisa
8/24/19648 minutes, 17 seconds
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Percy Merriman

Roy Plomley's castaway is concert performer Percy Merriman. Favourite track: Route March by Roosters Concert Party and Military Band Book: Dictionary of National Biography Luxury: Field glasses
8/17/19643 minutes, 41 seconds
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Dame Edith Evans

Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Dame Edith Evans. Favourite track: Casta Diva (from Norma) by Vincenzo Bellini Book: Science and Health, with a Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy Luxury: Photographs
5/18/196414 minutes, 29 seconds
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Jim Clark

Roy Plomley's castaway is racing driver Jim Clark. Favourite track: The Party's Over by Peggy Lee Book: At the Wheel by Jim Clark Luxury: Radio receiver
5/4/19645 minutes, 19 seconds
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Leslie Baily

Roy Plomley's castaway is writer and journalist Leslie Baily. Favourite track: Piano Concerto No 2 in C Minor by Sergei Rachmaninov Book: Come Hither - an anthology of poetry by Walter de la Mare Luxury: Woodworker Tools
1/13/196424 minutes, 8 seconds
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Norman Shelley

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Norman Shelley. Favourite track: Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame Luxury: Painting materials
10/19/19638 minutes, 7 seconds
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Sophie Tucker

Roy Plomley's castaway is singer Sophie Tucker. Favourite track: The Garden of Eden by Frankie Vaughan Book: The Conversion of Charlie Cohen by Herbert Tarr Luxury: Make-up
9/2/19636 minutes, 18 seconds
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Ian Fleming

Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Ian Fleming. Favourite track: The Darktown Strutters Ball by Joe Fingers Carr Book: War and Peace in German by Leo Tolstoy Luxury: Typewriter and paper
8/5/19639 minutes, 33 seconds
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Carleton Hobbs

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Carleton Hobbs. Favourite track: C'est Le Destin Peut-Etre by Oscar Straus Book: The Forsyte Saga by John Galsworthy Luxury: Radio receiver
7/27/19636 minutes, 51 seconds
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Ken Dodd

Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian Ken Dodd. Favourite track: The Floral Dance by Peter Dawson Book: Dictionary Luxury: Tea
7/13/19637 minutes, 51 seconds
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Juliette Greco

Roy Plomley's castaway is cabaret singer Juliette Greco. Favourite track: Eine kleine Nachtmusik by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: Atlas Luxury: Writing materials
7/8/19635 minutes, 42 seconds
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Barry Bucknell

Roy Plomley's castaway is presenter Barry Bucknell. Favourite track: Violin Concerto in D Major by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: Anthology of world poetry Luxury: Toilet set
6/3/19634 minutes, 9 seconds
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Birgit Nilsson

Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Birgit Nilsson. Favourite track: Liebestod (from Tristan und Isolde) by Richard Wagner Book: The Second World War by Sir Winston Churchill Luxury: Swedish crossword puzzles
5/27/19637 minutes, 43 seconds
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Rowland Emett

Roy Plomley's castaway is comedy cartoonist Rowland Emett. Favourite track: Quartet No 8 in E Minor (Opus 59 No 2) by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton Luxury: Daughter's teddy bear
5/20/19637 minutes, 13 seconds
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Professor L Dudley Stamp

Roy Plomley's castaway is geographer Professor L Dudley Stamp. Favourite track: Hallelujah Chorus (from Messiah) by George Frideric Handel Book: Everyman's Encyclopaedia Luxury: Wine
5/6/19633 minutes, 32 seconds
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David Frost

Roy Plomley's castaway is broadcaster David Frost. Favourite track: Non, je ne regrette rien by Edith Piaf Book: The collected works by Geoffrey Chaucer Luxury: Potato crisps
4/15/196321 minutes, 23 seconds
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Ted Willis

Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Ted Willis. Favourite track: Symphony No 2 in D Major by Jean Sibelius Book: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy Luxury: Concertina
4/8/19637 minutes, 45 seconds
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Leslie Gilbert Illingworth

Roy Plomley's castaway is political cartoonist Leslie Gilbert Illingworth. Favourite track: Symphony No 6 in F Major (Opus 68) by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: Instructions for making a still Luxury: Painting materials
3/25/19632 minutes, 21 seconds
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Michael Bentine

Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian Michael Bentine. Favourite track: Temas en Farruca by Carlos Mentoya Book: Encyclopaedia Britannica Luxury: Painting materials
2/11/19639 minutes, 5 seconds
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Noel Coward

Roy Plomley's castaway is writer and actor Noel Coward. Favourite track: The Hole in the Ground by Bernard Cribbins Book: The Human Situation by W. Macneile Dixon Luxury: Painting materials
1/28/19638 minutes, 52 seconds
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Gerry Lee

Roy Plomley's castaway is animal impersonator Gerry Lee. Favourite track: The Flower (from Lilac Time) by Franz Schubert Book: Quinneys by Horace Vachell Luxury: Theatrical skip full of his animal skins
1/19/19634 minutes, 21 seconds
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Basil Boothroyd

Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian and broadcaster Basil Boothroyd. Favourite track: Piano Concerto no 23 in A Major (Orchestral Opening) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Luxury: Current popular newspaper
1/14/19637 minutes, 32 seconds
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George Mitchell

Roy Plomley's castaway is choirmaster George Mitchell. Favourite track: Götterdämmerung (Closing Scene) by Richard Wagner Book: The Ring Cycle (The Score) by Richard Wagner Luxury: Music manuscript paper and pencils
12/31/19627 minutes, 39 seconds
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Lord George Sanger

Roy Plomley's castaway is circus proprietor Lord George Sanger. Favourite track: I'll See You Again by Anne Ziegler, Webster Booth Book: His autobiography, Seventy Years a Showman Luxury: Tea
12/22/19628 minutes, 54 seconds
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A G Street

Roy Plomley's castaway is writer and farmer A G Street. Favourite track: Hounds in Full Cry (The Hunt) by Michael Berry Book: Ladies Whose Bright Eyes by Ford Madox Ford Luxury: Painting of the south Wiltshire countryside
12/17/19623 minutes, 3 seconds
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Acker Bilk

Roy Plomley's castaway is jazz clarinettist Acker Bilk. Favourite track: Papa Dip by New Orleans Wanderers Book: The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame Luxury: Apple seeds
12/10/19627 minutes
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Anna Russell

Roy Plomley's castaway is musician and comedian Anna Russell. Favourite track: Brandenburg Concerto No 1 in F Major by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Encyclopaedia Britannica Luxury: Mobile from the Museum of Modern Art
12/3/19628 minutes, 10 seconds
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Jack Warner

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Jack Warner. Favourite track: The Carousel Waltz by Rodgers & Hammerstein Book: A Tale of Two Cities in English and French by Charles Dickens Luxury: Soap
11/19/19628 minutes, 12 seconds
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George Shearing

Roy Plomley's castaway is jazz pianist George Shearing. Favourite track: Widerstehe Doch der Sunde (Cantata No 54) by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Masterman Ready by Frederick Marryat Luxury: Metal construction set
11/5/19629 minutes, 42 seconds
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Pamela Hansford-Johnson

Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Pamela Hansford-Johnson. Favourite track: Brandenburg Concerto No 4 in G Major by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu by Marcel Proust Luxury: Van Eyck's Adoration of the Immaculate Lamb
10/29/19626 minutes, 4 seconds
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Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies

Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies. Favourite track: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring by Bach/Hess Book: The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann Wyss Luxury: Skin food
10/8/19628 minutes, 17 seconds
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Stanley Unwin

Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian Stanley Unwin. Favourite track: Toccata and Fugue in D Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians Luxury: Painting materials
9/10/19625 minutes, 15 seconds
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Lionel Tertis

Roy Plomley's castaway is violist Lionel Tertis. Favourite track: Tambourin Chinois by Fritz Kreisler & Franz Rupp Book: Books by H Rider Haggard and books by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and books by Jules Verne Luxury: Portrait of wife
8/13/196210 minutes, 50 seconds
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Stephen Spender

Roy Plomley's castaway is poet Stephen Spender. Favourite track: String Quartet No 15 in A Minor (Opus 132) by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: History of the Renaissance by Jacob Burckhardt Luxury: Painting materials
7/9/19627 minutes, 16 seconds
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John Allegro

Roy Plomley's castaway is Dead Sea Scrolls scholar John Allegro. Favourite track: O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings (from Messiah) by George Frideric Handel Book: Some novels by P G Wodehouse Luxury: Rolls-Royce engine
6/25/19628 minutes
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Giovanni Martinelli

Roy Plomley's castaway is tenor Giovanni Martinelli. Favourite track: Tu, ca nun Chaigne by Enrico Caruso Book: Inferno by Dante Alighieri Luxury: Bronze statuette of David by Verrocchio
6/18/196218 minutes, 26 seconds
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Eric Hosking

Roy Plomley's castaway is ornithologist Eric Hosking. Favourite track: Nimrod by Edward Elgar Book: Field guide to the island's birds Luxury: Camera and film
6/4/19628 minutes, 47 seconds
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Sidney Nolan

Roy Plomley's castaway is artist Sidney Nolan. Favourite track: Les Illuminations by Benjamin Britten Book: Chinese language course Luxury: Snorkel mask
5/21/196210 minutes, 54 seconds
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Robert Morley

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor and playwright Robert Morley. Book: The rules of patience Luxury: Two packs of cards with photographs of family on the backs
4/23/196210 minutes, 16 seconds
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Raymond Glendenning

Roy Plomley's castaway is sports commentator Raymond Glendenning. Favourite track: Toccata and Fugue in D Minor by Bach/Stokowski Book: Pears Cyclopaedia Luxury: Watercolour paints
3/26/19628 minutes
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Colonel A D Wintle

Roy Plomley's castaway is soldier and writer Colonel A D Wintle. Favourite track: The Magic Flute by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: Large blank book Luxury: Dog whip
3/12/196216 minutes, 19 seconds
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Sir John Gielgud

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Sir John Gielgud. Favourite track: Double Violin Concerto in D Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Luxury: Watercolour of Versailles by Raoul Dufy
1/29/196210 minutes, 10 seconds
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Rupert Davies

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Rupert Davies. Favourite track: Elegie by Jules Massenet Book: Candide by Voltaire Luxury: Lump of jade
11/13/19618 minutes, 2 seconds
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Commander Sir Stephen King-Hall

Roy Plomley's castaway is sailor Sir Stephen King-Hall. Favourite track: Jesu Maria (from The Dream of Gerontius) by Edward Elgar Book: Parliamentary Practice by Thomas Erskine-May Luxury: Goya's portrait of the Duke of Wellington
9/18/19616 minutes, 30 seconds
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Julian Bream

Roy Plomley's castaway is guitarist Julian Bream. Favourite track: Quintet in C Major (Opus 163) by Franz Schubert Book: Collection of 16th and 17th century English poetry Luxury: Guitar, manuscript paper and pens
6/5/196117 minutes, 11 seconds
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Kingsley Amis

Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Kingsley Amis. Favourite track: Shim-Me-Sha-Wabble by Bud Freeman and his Famous Chicagoans Book: Collected poetry by Robert Graves Luxury: American whiskey
5/29/19613 minutes, 2 seconds
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Pietro Annigoni

Roy Plomley's castaway is artist Pietro Annigoni. Favourite track: Piano Concerto No 20 in D Minor by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: International timetable of ships and trains Luxury: Drawing materials and a pillow
5/15/19616 minutes, 15 seconds
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Ralph Reader

Roy Plomley's castaway is writer and director Ralph Reader. Favourite track: These are the Times by The Gang Show Book: Goodbye Mr Chips by James Hilton Luxury: Typewriter and paper
5/8/19618 minutes, 8 seconds
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James Mason

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor James Mason. Favourite track: My Man by Billie Holiday Book: Finnegans Wake by James Joyce Luxury: Bagpipes
3/6/19613 minutes, 22 seconds
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Ursula Bloom

Roy Plomley's castaway is novelist Ursula Bloom. Favourite track: Message to the Empire (25 December 1939) by HM King George VI Book: Book of Common Prayer Luxury: Writing materials
11/14/19604 minutes, 13 seconds
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Danny Blanchflower

Roy Plomley's castaway is footballer Danny Blanchflower. Favourite track: The Breeze and I by Caterina Valente Book: The Alexandria Quartet by Lawrence Durrell Luxury: Golf clubs and balls
8/15/19607 minutes, 54 seconds
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Antal Dorati

Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Antal Dorati. Favourite track: O, Namenlose Freude (from Fidelio) by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: Personally-compiled anthology Luxury: Painting of a sleeping girl by Dominico Feti
7/25/196014 minutes, 38 seconds
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Claudio Arrau

Roy Plomley's castaway is pianist Claudio Arrau. Favourite track: Symphony No 9 in C Major by Franz Schubert Book: Works by Johann Wolfgang Goethe Luxury: Early Chinese statuette
7/4/196015 minutes, 28 seconds
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Sir Alec Guinness

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Sir Alec Guinness. Favourite track: Agnus Dei by Giuseppe Verdi Book: Paradise Lost by John Milton Luxury: Apricot brandy
6/27/196024 minutes, 24 seconds
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Julian Slade

Roy Plomley's castaway is composer Julian Slade. Favourite track: Art Thou Troubled? by George Frideric Handel Book: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy Luxury: Violin
6/20/19605 minutes, 31 seconds
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Sir Adrian Boult

Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Sir Adrian Boult. Favourite track: Symphony No 36 in C Major (Rehearsal) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan Luxury: Blanket
3/28/19604 minutes, 58 seconds
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Russ Conway

Roy Plomley's castaway is pop pianist Russ Conway. Book: Omnibus edition of Hornblower stories by C.S. Forester Luxury: Typewriter and paper
3/14/19606 minutes, 11 seconds
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Sir Arthur Bryant

Roy Plomley's castaway is historian Sir Arthur Bryant. Favourite track: Sweet Nightingale by Alfred Deller & Desmond Dupre Book: Life of Johnson by James Boswell Luxury: Painting by Kneller of a girl in a golden gown
2/22/19601 minute, 48 seconds
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Léon Goossens

Roy Plomley's castaway is oboist Leon Goossens. Favourite track: I Call on Thee, O Lord (Choral Prelude) by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Nautical almanac Luxury: Camp bed
2/15/196017 minutes