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Desert Island Discs: Fragment Archive 1970-1986 Podcast

English, Public-Community, 1 season, 155 episodes, 1 day, 11 hours, 48 minutes
About
Some Desert Island Discs programmes only exist in their incomplete form. They may be missing interview content or the musical choices. Where possible, the missing music has been rebuilt using discs from the BBC Gramophone Library. This collection comprises fragments from 1970-86.
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Julian Bream

Julian Bream first played the guitar on radio in Children's Hour when he was only 13. This led to guest appearances in a series on the Light Programme, and so his career took off. Before long he also took up the lute and played his part in the revival of interest in early music. In conversation with Roy Plomley, he talks about his long career and chooses the eight records he would take to the mythical island. [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]
7/9/198332 minutes, 49 seconds
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Rosamond Lehmann

Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Rosamond Lehmann. Favourite track: Nunc Dimittis by Burgon Book: Letters by Marquise de Sevigne Luxury: Writing Materials
11/13/198229 minutes, 29 seconds
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N.Busch, J.Kuchmy, M.Parry, M.Wilson

Roy Plomley's castaways are members of the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Book: Books by Hector Berlioz, Charles Dickens, Hugh Johnson and a cookery book Luxury: Razor and shaving soap, a video player with a tape of Laurel & Hardy, wine and a violin
10/9/198231 minutes, 5 seconds
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Helene Hanff

Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Helene Hanff. Favourite track: In Tears Of Grief by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Memoirs by Louis De Rouvroy Luxury: Scrabble
12/19/198132 minutes, 38 seconds
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Alan Howard

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Alan Howard. Favourite track: Symphony No. 15 In D by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: Piano manual Luxury: Piano
12/5/198129 minutes, 10 seconds
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James Clavell

Roy Plomley's castaway is novelist James Clavell. Favourite track: The Impossible Dream by Roberta Flack Book: The Koran
11/14/198133 minutes, 42 seconds
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Joseph Cotten

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Joseph Cotten. Favourite track: Symphony No. 1 in C Minor by Johannes Brahms Book: Gardening manual Luxury: Boat building book
10/30/198132 minutes, 47 seconds
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Elspeth Huxley

Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Elspeth Huxley. Favourite track: Piano Concerto in A Minor by Edvard Grieg Book: Novels by P G Wodehouse Luxury: Camera and film
10/17/198127 minutes, 46 seconds
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Terry Hands

Roy Plomley's castaway is producer Terry Hands. Favourite track: String Quartet in C by Franz Joseph Haydn Book: Dictionary Luxury: Cello
8/8/198129 minutes, 31 seconds
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Gillian Lynne

Roy Plomley's castaway is director Gillian Lynne. Favourite track: Concerto For Double String Orchestra by Michael Tippett Book: French language course Luxury: Eyelash curlers
7/11/198131 minutes, 40 seconds
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Eric Shilling

Roy Plomley's castaway is bass singer Eric Shilling. Favourite track: Deh Vieni Non Tardar by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: Collin's Albatross Book of Verse by Louis Untermeyer Luxury: Astronomical telescope
5/30/198133 minutes, 50 seconds
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Edmund Rubbra

Roy Plomley's castaway is composer Edmund Rubbra. Favourite track: Symphony No .9 In C by Franz Schubert Book: Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne Luxury: Music manuscript paper
5/23/198134 minutes, 43 seconds
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Alan Minter

Roy Plomley's castaway is boxer Alan Minter. Favourite track: My Way by Frank Sinatra Book: Survival manual Luxury: Solar-powered transistor radio
11/29/198030 minutes, 22 seconds
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Jacquetta Hawkes

Roy Plomley's castaway is archaeologist Jacquetta Hawkes. Favourite track: Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in A Major by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: Collected works by Johann Wolfgang Goethe Luxury: Wine
11/15/198029 minutes, 30 seconds
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Antal Dorati

Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Antal Dorati. Favourite track: Rondo Capriccioso by Felix Mendelssohn Book: The Golden Man by Yokoi Luxury: Italian landscape drawing from his collection
9/13/198025 minutes, 37 seconds
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Daley Thompson

Roy Plomley's castaway is World Champion decathlete Daley Thompson. Favourite track: Unchained Melody by George Benson Book: Novels by John Wyndham Luxury: Guitar and instruction book
7/19/198019 minutes, 42 seconds
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Freddie Jones

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Freddie Jones. Book: The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame Luxury: Liebig condenser for distilling gin
6/7/198033 minutes, 31 seconds
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Robert Tear

Roy Plomley's castaway is tenor Robert Tear. Favourite track: Concerto For Double String Orchestra by Michael Tippett Book: The Wisdom of Insecurity by Alan Watts Luxury: Postcards of paintings with poems on the back
5/31/198023 minutes, 15 seconds
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Salvatore Accardo

Roy Plomley's castaway is violinist Salvatore Accardo. Favourite track: Che Faro Senza Euridice by Christoph Willibald Ritter von Gluck Book: The Odyssey by Homer Luxury: Violin and strings
4/26/198032 minutes, 21 seconds
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Donald Pleasence

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Donald Pleasence. Favourite track: Dies Irae by Giuseppe Verdi Book: The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky and Crime & Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky Luxury: Writing materials
3/29/198028 minutes, 1 second
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Frances Perry

Roy Plomley's castaway is horticulturalist Frances Perry. Favourite track: Stars and Stripes Forever by Royal Military School Of Music Band and Trumpeters Book: Survival manual Luxury: Lamp with solar batteries
3/22/198028 minutes, 22 seconds
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Susannah York

Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Susannah York. Favourite track: Concerto in D Minor For Violin, Oboe and String Orchestra by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Italian Touring Atlas of the World Luxury: Pencils and paper
3/1/198025 minutes, 7 seconds
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Kyung-Wha Chung

Roy Plomley's castaway is violinist Kyung-Wha Chung. Favourite track: Cello Suite No. 5 In C Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse Luxury: Mixed flower seeds
12/29/197930 minutes, 13 seconds
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Pam Ayres

Roy Plomley's castaway is poet and broadcaster Pam Ayres. Favourite track: The New St George by John & Chris Leslie Book: The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth Luxury: Large basket of sugared almonds
9/29/197929 minutes, 9 seconds
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Ted Allbeury

Roy Plomley's castaway is thriller writer Ted Allbeury. Favourite track: Love Is The Sweetest Thing by Al Bowlly, Ray Noble and his Orchestra Book: The Unquiet Grave by Cyril Connolly Luxury: Writing paper and pencils
9/22/197923 minutes, 36 seconds
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Richard Buckle

Roy Plomley's castaway is writer and critic Richard Buckle. Favourite track: Piano Quintet In A Major by Franz Schubert Book: Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy Luxury: Paper and pencils
9/15/197924 minutes, 54 seconds
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Patricia Batty Shaw

Roy Plomley's castaway is Chairwoman of the WI Patricia Batty Shaw. Favourite track: Finlandia by Jean Sibelius Book: Civilisation by Kenneth Clarke Luxury: Selection of herbs
7/22/197824 minutes, 38 seconds
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Phil Drabble

Roy Plomley's castaway is naturalist Phil Drabble. Favourite track: Recording Of The Song Of The Blackbird Book: Shorthand instruction book with paper and pens Luxury: Set of bird-ringing tools, including rings
12/10/197722 minutes, 20 seconds
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Tolchard Evans

Roy Plomley's castaway is composer Tolchard Evans. Favourite track: Lady Of Spain by Capital Symphony Book: Candide by Voltaire Luxury: Manuscript paper and pens
8/30/197623 minutes, 5 seconds
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Sherrill Milnes

Roy Plomley's castaway is baritone Sherrill Milnes. Favourite track: Symphony No 9 by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: Twenty-Five Years of New Yorker Cartoons Luxury: Herrings in sour cream
1/10/197617 minutes, 36 seconds
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Julia Foster

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Julia Foster. Favourite track: And So I Love You by Bobby Goldsboro Book: Dictionary of Quotations Luxury: Tapestry-making kit
1/3/197616 minutes, 49 seconds
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Margaret Price

Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Margaret Price. Favourite track: Liebestod by Richard Wagner Book: Pacific Cookbook by Victor Sperandeo Luxury: Perfume
12/13/19756 minutes, 9 seconds
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Ron Moody

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor and comedian Ron Moody. Favourite track: Sparky's Magic Piano by Henry Blair & Verne Smith Book: A History of Western Philosophy by Bertrand Russell Luxury: Oil painting
11/29/19758 minutes
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Vince Hill

Roy Plomley's castaway is musician Vince Hill. Favourite track: Fountains Of Rome by Respighi Book: Do-it-yourself manual Luxury: Turner's Seascape
11/15/19758 minutes, 24 seconds
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Stanley Holloway

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor and musician Stanley Holloway. Favourite track: And This Is My Beloved by Doretta Morrow Book: A book on the musical plays of the last century Luxury: Manicure and pedicure set
10/27/197522 minutes, 30 seconds
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Doris Hare

Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Doris Hare. Favourite track: Fantasia On Greensleeves by Ralph Vaughan Williams Book: Dictionary of Quotations Luxury: Piano
10/11/197510 minutes, 26 seconds
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Robert Robinson

Roy Plomley's castaway is broadcaster Robert Robinson. Favourite track: Anna Livia Plurabelle by James Joyce Book: The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens Luxury: White Burgundy
8/18/19756 minutes
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Dave Allen

Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian Dave Allen. Favourite track: Canon In D by Johann Pachelbel Book: Ballard of Reading Gaol by Oscar Wilde Luxury: Painting by Van Hook
7/12/197510 minutes, 29 seconds
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Patricia Hayes

Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Patricia Hayes. Favourite track: Nocturne No. 8 In D Flat (Opus 72) by Frédéric Chopin Book: Kristin Lauransdatter by Sigrid Undset Luxury: Four-poster bed
4/21/197522 minutes, 18 seconds
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Duncan Grant

Roy Plomley's castaway is painter Duncan Grant. Favourite track: L'Incoronazione Di Poppea by Claudio Monteverdi Book: The collected works by Jane Austen Luxury: Artists' materials
3/15/197511 minutes, 29 seconds
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Jilly Cooper

Roy Plomley's castaway is writer and journalist Jilly Cooper. Favourite track: Mir Ist So Wunderbar by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: Dance to the Music of Time by Anthony Powell Luxury: Notebooks and pens
3/8/19757 minutes, 51 seconds
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Valerie Masterson

Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Valerie Masterson. Favourite track: Symphony in D Minor by César Franck Book: Survival manual Luxury: Beauty products
2/24/197513 minutes, 50 seconds
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Bernard Hailstone

Roy Plomley's castaway is portrait painter Bernard Hailstone. Favourite track: Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F Major by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: In Search of the Miraculous by Peter Ouspensky Luxury: Radio receiver
1/25/19758 minutes, 37 seconds
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Percy Press

Roy Plomley's castaway is Punch and Judy man Percy Press. Favourite track: A Midsummer Nights Dream by Felix Mendelssohn Book: Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K Jerome Luxury: Pair Of Binoculars
12/28/197419 minutes, 19 seconds
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Angela Baddeley

Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Angela Baddeley. Favourite track: Liebestod by Richard Wagner Book: Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll Luxury: Portrait of her husband
12/21/19748 minutes, 45 seconds
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Oliver Reed

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Oliver Reed. Favourite track: Jardins Sous La Pluie by Claude Debussy Book: Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne Luxury: Inflatable rubber woman
11/30/19746 minutes, 36 seconds
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Bruce Tulloh

Roy Plomley's castaway is long-distance runner Bruce Tulloh. Favourite track: A Felicidade by Antonio Carlos Jobim Book: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Luxury: Harmonica
11/23/197410 minutes, 11 seconds
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Denholm Elliott

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Denholm Elliott. Favourite track: Kyrie A 4 by John Taverner Book: Survival manual Luxury: Still
9/14/197410 minutes, 30 seconds
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Roland Culver

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Roland Culver. Favourite track: Piano Concerto No 2 in B Flat by Johannes Brahms Book: The Oxford Book of English Verse Luxury: Painting materials
8/3/19749 minutes, 23 seconds
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James Stewart

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor James Stewart. Favourite track: Dream by The Pied Pipers Book: Musical arrangements by Dave Brubeck Luxury: Piano
5/27/197424 minutes, 11 seconds
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Eddie Waring

Roy Plomley's castaway is commentator Eddie Waring. Favourite track: The Twenty-Third Psalm by Glasgow Orpheus Choir Book: Bradshaw's Railway Timetable Luxury: Couch
2/25/197418 minutes, 41 seconds
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Brian Inglis

Roy Plomley's castaway is journalist Brian Inglis. Favourite track: Symphony No. 3 in F by Johannes Brahms Book: The Crock of Gold by James Stephens Luxury: Typewriter and paper
2/9/19747 minutes, 44 seconds
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Alexander Young

Roy Plomley's castaway is tenor Alexander Young. Favourite track: Crudel Perchè Finora by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians Luxury: Radio-controlled model aircraft
12/15/19732 minutes, 6 seconds
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Gareth Edwards

Roy Plomley's castaway is the Captain of the Welsh rugby team Gareth Edwards. Favourite track: Bridge Over Troubled Waters by Simon & Garfunkel Book: The collected works by Dylan Thomas Luxury: Cornet
12/8/19739 minutes, 9 seconds
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Professor Sir Alister Hardy FRS

Roy Plomley's castaway is zoologist Professor Sir Alister Hardy FRS. Favourite track: I'll See You Again by Peggy Wood & George Metaxa Book: The Prelude by William Wordsworth Luxury: Writing materials
10/27/19739 minutes, 30 seconds
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Peter Rogers

Roy Plomley's castaway is producer Peter Rogers. Favourite track: Sanctus by Choeurs Elisabeth Brasseur Book: Bound volume of Punch from the 1960s Luxury: Ninth record: Massenet's Elegie
10/20/19732 minutes, 9 seconds
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Leontyne Price

Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Leontyne Price. Favourite track: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor by Sergei Rachmaninov Book: How to be Your Own Best Friend by Mildred Newman Luxury: Soap
9/22/19738 minutes, 13 seconds
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Bill Sowerbutts

Roy Plomley's castaway is horticulturalist Bill Sowerbutts. Favourite track: Les Francs Juges (Overture) by Hector Berlioz Book: English Dictionary Luxury: Tobacco seeds and a brewing vat
9/17/197322 minutes, 56 seconds
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Joyce Carey

Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Joyce Carey. Favourite track: Introduction and Allegro For Strings (Opus 47) by Edward Elgar Book: The Oxford Book of English Verse Luxury: Box of oddments from her dressing table
9/8/19738 minutes, 39 seconds
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Bert Foord

Roy Plomley's castaway is weather forecaster Bert Foord. Favourite track: Polovtsian Dances by Alexander Borodin Book: Short Stories by P G Wodehouse Luxury: Golf clubs and balls
8/25/19736 minutes, 28 seconds
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June Whitfield

Roy Plomley's castaway is comedy actress June Whitfield. Favourite track: Well Did You Evah? by Frank Sinatra & Bing Crosby Book: Do-it-yourself manual Luxury: Tape recorder
8/18/19739 minutes, 40 seconds
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Colin Welland

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor and playwright Colin Welland. Favourite track: Londonderry Air by Philharmonia Orchestra Book: The Oxford English Dictionary Luxury: Bed
8/4/19734 minutes, 33 seconds
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Ruskin Spear RA

Roy Plomley's castaway is painter Ruskin Spear RA. Favourite track: Fantasia and Fugue In G Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Ends and Means by Aldous Huxley Luxury: Radio receiver
7/28/19734 minutes, 44 seconds
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Brenda Bruce

Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Brenda Bruce. Favourite track: Florida Suite by Frederick Delius Book: Bhagavad-Gita by Christopher Isherwood Luxury: Writing materials
6/30/19736 minutes, 48 seconds
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Joe Bugner

Roy Plomley's castaway is heavyweight boxer Joe Bugner. Favourite track: Where's The Girl? by Walker Brothers Book: Papillon by Henri Charrière Luxury: Chess set
6/9/197312 minutes, 15 seconds
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John Huston

Roy Plomley's castaway is director John Huston. Favourite track: Shenandoah by Salli Terri Book: Dialogues by Plato Luxury: Havana cigars
5/12/197310 minutes, 28 seconds
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Norman Thelwell

Roy Plomley's castaway is cartoonist Norman Thelwell. Favourite track: Nocturne in F Sharp by Frédéric Chopin Book: Swiss Family Robinson by Johann Wyss Luxury: Painting materials
5/5/19739 minutes, 43 seconds
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Edith Coates

Roy Plomley's castaway is mezzo-soprano Edith Coates. Favourite track: Liebestod by Richard Wagner Book: Novels by Jean Plaidy Luxury: Brandy
4/28/19735 minutes, 36 seconds
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Chris Bonington

Roy Plomley's castaway is mountaineer Chris Bonington. Favourite track: Harp Concerto in B Flat by George Frideric Handel Book: Marlborough: His Life and Times by Sir Winston Churchill Luxury: Radio receiver
4/21/197310 minutes, 35 seconds
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Harry Loman

Roy Plomley's castaway is stage-door keeper Harry Loman. Favourite track: Thanks for the Memory by Shirley Ross & Bob Hope Book: A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens Luxury: Cards
4/14/197310 minutes, 10 seconds
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Florence De Jong

Roy Plomley's castaway is organist Florence De Jong. Favourite track: The Good Old, Bad Old Days by Anthony Newley Book: Book of cartoons by Carl Giles Luxury: Accordian
4/7/19738 minutes, 58 seconds
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Christopher Serpell

Roy Plomley's castaway is BBC diplomatic correspondent Christopher Serpell. Favourite track: Prelude and Fugue No. 17 In A Flat by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Diary by Samuel Pepys Luxury: Equipment for wine-making and brewing
3/31/197310 minutes, 17 seconds
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Alexander Gibson

Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Alexander Gibson. Favourite track: Liebestod by Richard Wagner Book: Complete Opera Book by Gustave Kobbe Luxury: Piano
3/3/19737 minutes, 13 seconds
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Leslie Thomas

Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Leslie Thomas. Favourite track: Horn Concerto No. 1 in D Major by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: The Virgin Soldiers by Leslie Thomas Luxury: Sand iron and golf balls
2/24/19739 minutes, 13 seconds
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Rita Hunter

Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Rita Hunter. Favourite track: Ingemisco by Giuseppe Verdi Book: Anthology of Poetry Luxury: Oil-painting equipment
2/10/19739 minutes, 3 seconds
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Anthony Smith

Roy Plomley's castaway is writer and explorer Anthony Smith. Favourite track: Iranian Love Song Book: Atlas Luxury: Sketching materials
2/3/197311 minutes, 28 seconds
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Mike Yarwood

Roy Plomley's castaway is impersonator Mike Yarwood. Favourite track: Pomp and Circumstance March No 1 in D Major by Edward Elgar Book: Volume of colour reproductions of paintings Luxury: Daily newspaper
1/13/19738 minutes, 17 seconds
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Tony Britton

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Tony Britton. Favourite track: Symphony No. 39 In E Flat Major by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: Language courses Luxury: Scotch and Champagne
1/6/19738 minutes, 54 seconds
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Noel Rawsthorne

Roy Plomley's castaway is organist Noel Rawsthorne. Favourite track: Osanna In Excelsis by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Survival manual Luxury: Harpsichord
12/30/19729 minutes, 19 seconds
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Adelaide Hall

Roy Plomley's castaway is jazz singer and actress Adelaide Hall. Favourite track: The Lord's Prayer by Mahilia Jackson Book: History of the United States Luxury: Crochet needles and wool
12/2/19726 minutes, 11 seconds
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Group Captain Peter Townsend

Roy Plomley's castaway is writer and explorer Group Captain Peter Townsend. Favourite track: L'Ame Des Poètes by Charles Trenet Book: Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe Luxury: Seeds
11/25/19729 minutes, 29 seconds
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Jackie Charlton

Roy Plomley's castaway is footballer Jackie Charlton. Favourite track: Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D Major by Edward Elgar Book: Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain Luxury: Spy-glass
10/21/197210 minutes, 5 seconds
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Christopher Gable

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Christopher Gable. Favourite track: Abschied by Gustav Mahler Book: The Lord of the Rings by J R R Tolkien Luxury: Still
10/14/19729 minutes, 16 seconds
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Michael Aspel

Roy Plomley's castaway is broadcaster Michael Aspel. Favourite track: Ma Mere L'Oye by Maurice Ravel Book: History of the World Luxury: Piano
10/7/19726 minutes, 40 seconds
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Jimmy Tarbuck

Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian Jimmy Tarbuck. Favourite track: The Girls I Like by Max Miller Book: Encyclopaedia Britannica Luxury: Golf clubs and balls
8/26/19728 minutes, 24 seconds
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Professor Barry Cunliffe

Roy Plomley's castaway is archaeologist Professor Barry Cunliffe. Favourite track: Clarinet Quintet In A Major by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: Book on plant genetics Luxury: Still
8/19/197212 minutes, 51 seconds
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Marcel Marceau

Roy Plomley's castaway is mime artist Marcel Marceau. Favourite track: Dies Irae by Giuseppe Verdi Luxury: Painting materials
7/22/19721 minute, 51 seconds
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Joe Henderson

Roy Plomley's castaway is pianist Joe Henderson. Favourite track: A Shropshire Lad by George Butterworth Book: The Story of Mankind by Hendrik van Loon Luxury: Radio receiver
7/15/19727 minutes, 1 second
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Charles Groves

Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Charles Groves. Favourite track: Siegmund's Spring Song by Richard Wagner Book: Anthology of English Verse Luxury: Cigars
7/3/197218 minutes, 3 seconds
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Jean Plaidy

Roy Plomley's castaway is historian Jean Plaidy. Favourite track: Symphony No. 5 In A Minor by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: Dictionary of National Biography Luxury: Typewriter, paper and a hostess gown
6/24/197210 minutes, 27 seconds
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Judi Dench

Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Judi Dench. Favourite track: Cello Concerto in E Minor by Edward Elgar Book: The Book of Kells Luxury: Basil Brush films and projector
6/17/19722 minutes, 43 seconds
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Professor Francis Camps

Roy Plomley's castaway is professor of forensic medicine Francis Camps. Favourite track: Rhapsody in Blue by Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra Book: The Oxford English Dictionary Luxury: Tape recorder
6/10/19727 minutes, 41 seconds
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Tony Bennett

Roy Plomley's castaway is singer Tony Bennett. Favourite track: Song Of The Islands by Louis Armstrong and his All Stars Book: The complete works by Leonardo da Vinci Luxury: Painting materials
5/27/19728 minutes, 10 seconds
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Geoffrey Parsons

Roy Plomley's castaway is pianist Geoffrey Parsons. Favourite track: The Farewell Of The Angel by Edward Elgar Book: The Lord of the Rings by J R R Tolkien Luxury: Crystal rock specimens
5/20/19729 minutes, 27 seconds
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Joan Bakewell

Plomley's castaway is broadcaster Joan Bakewell. Favourite track: Mefistofele (Prologue) by Nicola Moscona & Robert Shaw Book: The collected works by James Joyce Luxury: Yellow Lamborghini
5/15/197220 minutes, 59 seconds
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Elizabeth Jane Howard

Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Elizabeth Jane Howard. Favourite track: Toccata and Fugue In D Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Encyclopaedia Luxury: Writing materials
4/29/19729 minutes, 55 seconds
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Wendy Hiller

Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Wendy Hiller. Favourite track: When In Disgrace With Fortune by William Shakespeare Book: The Diary of a Country Parson 1758-1802 by James Woodforde Luxury: Cookham Resurrection by Sir Stanley Spencer
4/15/19729 minutes, 52 seconds
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Sir Geoffrey Jackson

Roy Plomley's castaway is diplomat Sir Geoffrey Jackson. Favourite track: Gloria by Los Fronterizos Book: The Lord of the Rings by J R R Tolkien Luxury: Spanish guitar
4/10/197226 minutes, 10 seconds
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John Noakes

Roy Plomley's castaway is Blue Peter presenter John Noakes. Favourite track: Who Can I Turn To? by Shirley Bassey Book: The Corn is Green by Emlyn Williams Luxury: 12th-century candlestick in Victoria & Albert Museum
4/1/197210 minutes, 49 seconds
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Robertson Hare

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Robertson Hare. Favourite track: John Brown's Body by Paul Robertson Book: Yours Indubitably by Robertson Hare Luxury: Scotch Whisky
3/25/19729 minutes, 40 seconds
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Elizabeth Harwood

Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Elizabeth Harwood. Favourite track: For Unto Us A Child Is Born by George Frideric Handel Book: Survival manual Luxury: Constable landscape
3/18/19727 minutes, 45 seconds
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Raymond Leppard

Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Raymond Leppard. Favourite track: Et Resurrexit by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: The Iliad by Homer and The Odyssey by Homer Luxury: Gin, dry Martini and lemons
3/6/197224 minutes, 39 seconds
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Hammond Innes

Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Hammond Innes. Favourite track: God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen by King's College Chapel Choir Book: The European Settlement of North America by Stanley Elliott Luxury: Guinness Book of Records
2/26/197210 minutes, 4 seconds
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Michael Parkinson

Roy Plomley's castaway is broadcaster Michael Parkinson. Favourite track: Singin' In The Rain by Gene Kelly Book: Death In The Afternoon by Ernest Hemingway Luxury: Typewriter and paper
2/19/19729 minutes, 56 seconds
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Alice Delysia

Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Alice Delysia. Favourite track: C'est La Saison D'Amour by Oscar Straus Book: Les Miserables by Victor Hugo Luxury: Bed
2/14/197227 minutes, 7 seconds
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David Hockney

Roy Plomley's castaway is artist David Hockney. Favourite track: Liebestod by Richard Wagner Book: Route 69 by Floyd Carter Luxury: Paper, pencils and a battery-operated sharpener
2/7/197219 minutes, 43 seconds
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Stuart Burrows

Roy Plomley's castaway is tenor Stuart Burrows. Favourite track: O For The Wings Of A Dove by Felix Mendelssohn Book: The complete works by Oscar Wilde Luxury: Soap
1/29/19728 minutes, 41 seconds
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Christopher Plummer

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Christopher Plummer. Favourite track: Symphony No. 10 In F Sharp by Gustav Mahler Book: Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne Luxury: Jeroboam of Taittinger Champagne
1/15/19727 minutes, 32 seconds
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David Frost

Roy Plomley's castaway is broadcaster David Frost. Favourite track: Finlandia by Jean Sibelius Book: Set of Hansard Luxury: Paper and felt-tipped pens
12/25/19719 minutes, 4 seconds
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Julia Trevelyan Oman

Roy Plomley's castaway is designer Julia Trevelyan Oman. Favourite track: Nimrod by Edward Elgar Book: Elizabeth R by Julia Trevelyan Oman Luxury: Seeds
12/18/19718 minutes, 28 seconds
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Graham Kerr

Roy Plomley's castaway is cookery expert Graham Kerr. Favourite track: We Said We Wouldn't Look Back by Eleanor Drew & John Warner Book: Encyclopaedia of Ancient Civilisations Luxury: Wine
12/4/19719 minutes, 57 seconds
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Steve Race

Roy Plomley's castaway is broadcaster Steve Race. Favourite track: Liebestod by Richard Wagner Book: Dictionary of Musical Themes Luxury: Pair of binoculars
11/27/19716 minutes, 30 seconds
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Alfred Brendel

Roy Plomley's castaway is concert pianist Alfred Brendel. Favourite track: Prelude No 24 In B Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Lieder by Franz Schubert Luxury: Bavarian rococo church
11/22/197121 minutes, 56 seconds
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Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Vivian Dunn

Roy Plomley's castaway is the former Musical Director of the Royal Marines Sir Vivian Dunn. Favourite track: Praise To The Holiest In The Height by Edward Elgar Book: Autobiography by Sir Winston Churchill Luxury: Piano, manuscript paper, pencils and a rubber
11/6/19717 minutes, 35 seconds
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Dame Sibyl Hathaway

Roy Plomley's castaway is Dame of Sark Dame Sibyl Hathaway. Favourite track: Symphony No. 5 In C Sharp Minor by Gustav Mahler Book: History of England by Sir Keith Feiling Luxury: Canvas and tapestry tools
10/23/197116 minutes, 33 seconds
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Ivy Benson

Roy Plomley's castaway is bandleader Ivy Benson. Favourite track: Oh Happy Day by Edwin Hawkins Singers Book: London Sparrow by Phyllis Thompson Luxury: Piano
10/16/19718 minutes, 56 seconds
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Caterina Valente

Roy Plomley's castaway is musician and actress Caterina Valente. Favourite track: Concierto De Aranjuez by Joaquin Rodrigo Book: Novels by James Mitchener Luxury: English pub
10/2/19718 minutes, 13 seconds
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Mollie Lee

Roy Plomley's castaway is Woman's Hour broadcaster Mollie Lee. Favourite track: Eugene Onegin by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Book: A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu by Marcel Proust Luxury: Typewriter and paper
9/25/19717 minutes, 19 seconds
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David Shepherd

Roy Plomley's castaway is painter David Shepherd. Favourite track: Symphony No. 8 In E Flat Major by Gustav Mahler Book: Volume On Elementary Calculus Luxury: The Black Prince Steam Locomotive, canvases and oil paint
9/11/197110 minutes, 25 seconds
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Sylva Stuart Watson

Roy Plomley's castaway is licensee of the Theatre Royal Sylva Stuart Watson. Favourite track: Gigue From French Suite No 5 by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Volumes on astronomy and astrology Luxury: Forty yards of flowered chintz, a needle & cotton
8/21/19717 minutes, 7 seconds
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Richard Gordon

Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Richard Gordon. Favourite track: A Small Town In Germany by Jock Strapp Ensemble Book: The Michelin Guide to France Luxury: Pin
8/14/19714 minutes, 14 seconds
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Lorin Maazel

Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Lorin Maazel. Favourite track: Quartet No. 14 In D Minor by Franz Schubert Book: The collected works by Epictetus Luxury: Chess set with a problem book
7/31/197110 minutes, 10 seconds
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Laurence Whistler

Roy Plomley's castaway is glass engraver and poet Laurence Whistler. Favourite track: Piano Concerto No. 20 In D Minor by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: Come Hither by Walter de la Mare Luxury: Magnifying glass
7/10/19717 minutes, 37 seconds
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Michael Crawford

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Michael Crawford. Favourite track: Singin' In The Rain by Gene Kelly Book: A Book of Beauty by John Hadfield Luxury: Cherry tree
7/5/197128 minutes, 45 seconds
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Maurice Woodruff

Roy Plomley's castaway is clairvoyant Maurice Woodruff. Favourite track: Psalm 91 by Laurence Olivier Book: The Golden Treasury by Francis Palgrave Luxury: Writing materials
6/26/19712 minutes, 2 seconds
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Clive Dunn

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Clive Dunn. Favourite track: Little Green Apples by Dionne Warwick Book: Encyclopaedia Luxury: Soap
6/19/19718 minutes, 26 seconds
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Ronnie Corbett

Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian Ronnie Corbett. Favourite track: I Know That My Redeemer Liveth by George Frideric Handel Book: Handbook on tropical vegetation Luxury: Golf clubs and balls
5/31/197121 minutes, 8 seconds
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Joyce Grenfell

Roy Plomley's castaway is actress and comedian Joyce Grenfell. Favourite track: Brandenburg Concerto No 6 In B Flat Major by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Science and Health, with a Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy Luxury: Writing materials
5/22/197110 minutes, 40 seconds
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Reginald Foort

Roy Plomley's castaway is organist Reginald Foort. Favourite track: Lullaby Of Broadway by Joe Loss and his Orchestra Book: Back numbers of the Reader's Digest Luxury: Organ
5/10/197126 minutes, 17 seconds
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Geoff Boycott

Roy Plomley's castaway is cricketer Geoff Boycott. Favourite track: My Way by Frank Sinatra Book: Set of Wisden Luxury: Telephone line to a sports newspaper
4/12/197119 minutes, 49 seconds
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Clodagh Rodgers

Roy Plomley's castaway is pop singer Clodagh Rodgers. Favourite track: Watching and Waiting by The Moody Blues Book: The Godfather by Mario Puzo Luxury: Prawn cocktails
3/27/19717 minutes, 39 seconds
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Sir Louis Gluckstein

Roy Plomley's castaway is president of Royal Albert Hall Sir Louis Gluckstein. Favourite track: Double Concerto in D Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Luxury: Four-poster bed
3/20/19716 minutes, 57 seconds
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Patrick Cargill

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Patrick Cargill. Favourite track: We'll Meet Again by The Inkspots Book: The Spotlight Casting Directory Luxury: His Bentley car
3/13/197111 minutes, 25 seconds
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Ludovic Kennedy

Roy Plomley's castaway is broadcaster Ludovic Kennedy. Favourite track: Giselle by London Symphony Orchestra Book: Poems by John Donne and Poems by George Herbert Luxury: Tartar sauce
3/6/19719 minutes, 14 seconds
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Wendy Craig

Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Wendy Craig. Favourite track: Oboe Concerto in C by Cimarosa/Benjamin Book: The complete works by Oscar Wilde Luxury: Toothbrushes
2/20/19719 minutes, 33 seconds
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Harvey Smith

Roy Plomley's castaway is showjumper Harvey Smith. Favourite track: Lara's Theme by Jarre Book: A selection to sample Luxury: Radio receiver
2/13/19716 minutes, 42 seconds
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Laurie Lee

Roy Plomley's castaway is poet and writer Laurie Lee. Favourite track: String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: The Atlantic Book of British and American Poetry by Edith Sitwell Luxury: Materials for making wine or beer
2/1/19714 minutes, 49 seconds
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Madame (Lilian) Stiles-Allen

Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Madame (Lilian) Stiles-Allen. Favourite track: Liebestod by Richard Wagner Book: The Science of Mind by Ernest Holmes Luxury: Piano
1/23/19716 minutes, 18 seconds
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Robert Bolt

Roy Plomley's castaway is playwright Robert Bolt. Favourite track: Clarinet Quintet In A Major by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: Novels by P G Wodehouse Luxury: Writing materials
1/16/197111 minutes, 14 seconds
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James Fitton

Roy Plomley's castaway is painter James Fitton. Favourite track: Thou That Sitteth At The Right Hand Of God The Father by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Encyclopaedia Luxury: Painting materials
1/9/197112 minutes, 13 seconds
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John Lill

Roy Plomley's castaway is concert pianist John Lill. Favourite track: Symphony No 9 by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: Modern chess openings Luxury: Piano
10/24/19706 minutes, 29 seconds
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Sari Barabas

Roy Plomley's castaway is singer Sari Barabas. Favourite track: The Singer's Aria (Der Rosenkavalier) by Richard Strauss Book: Works by Leo Slezak Luxury: Knitting needles and wool
10/17/19704 minutes, 47 seconds
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Harry Carpenter

Roy Plomley's castaway is commentator Harry Carpenter. Favourite track: Symphony No 9 by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: Encyclopaedia Britannica Luxury: Guitar
9/26/19705 minutes, 19 seconds
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Helen Watts

Roy Plomley's castaway is contralto Helen Watts. Favourite track: Betracht Meine Seel by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Illustrated book on gardening Luxury: Velasquez, The Maids of Honour, in the Prado
9/14/19702 minutes, 20 seconds
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Ellen Pollock

Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Ellen Pollock. Favourite track: Symphony No. 3 in E Flat Major by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: The collected works by George Bernard Shaw Luxury: Painting by her husband of their son
9/5/19707 minutes, 41 seconds
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Dick Emery

Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian Dick Emery. Favourite track: Love Was Young by Robert Goulet Book: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Luxury: Bed
8/29/197010 minutes, 45 seconds
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Erich Leinsdorf

Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Erich Leinsdorf. Book: Faust by Johann Wolfgang Goethe Luxury: Insect repellent
8/15/197010 minutes, 14 seconds
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Barbara Windsor

Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Barbara Windsor. Favourite track: Fings Ain't Wot They Used Ter Be by Billy Cotton, Rita Williams Singers Book: A History of Great Britain Luxury: Hair pieces
6/13/19709 minutes, 24 seconds
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Keith Michell

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Keith Michell. Favourite track: Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 In G Major by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: The I Ching Luxury: Painting materials
5/30/19709 minutes, 40 seconds
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Graham Usher

Roy Plomley's castaway is ballet dancer Graham Usher. Favourite track: Fly Me To The Moon by Bart Howard Book: Collected works by Beatrix Potter Luxury: The Nike Of Samothrace, in The Louvre
5/16/19707 minutes, 13 seconds
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Gina Cigna

Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Gina Cigna. Favourite track: Symphony No 9 by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: Le Crime de Sylvestre Bonnard by Anatole France Luxury: Piano
5/2/19707 minutes, 16 seconds
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Sheridan Russell

Roy Plomley's castaway is cellist and medical worker Sheridan Russell. Favourite track: Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 In G Major by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Imitation of Christ by Thomas à Kempis Luxury: Cello
4/4/197010 minutes, 50 seconds
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Richard Chamberlain

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Richard Chamberlain. Favourite track: Winter (from The Four Seasons) by Antonio Vivaldi Book: The Oxford Book of English Verse Luxury: Painting materials
3/14/19708 minutes, 20 seconds
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Dr Roy Strong

Roy Plomley's castaway is director of the National Portrait Gallery Dr Roy Strong. Favourite track: Ellen Terry by Sybil Thorndike Book: Larousse Gastronomique by Prosper Montagné Luxury: Vermeer's 'View Of Delft'
3/7/19705 minutes, 35 seconds
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Fyfe Robertson

Roy Plomley's castaway is TV reporter Fyfe Robertson. Favourite track: Sound an Alarm by George Frideric Handel Book: General Semantics Luxury: Cello
1/5/19709 minutes, 33 seconds