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TitlePub. DateDuration
Hugh Lloyd07 Jul 196500:21:03

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor and comedian Hugh Lloyd.

Favourite track: Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Book: Anthology by Charles Dickens Luxury: Writing materials

Mary Stocks05 Jul 196500:23:11

Roy Plomley's castaway is teacher and social worker Mary Stocks.

Favourite track: In Tears of Grief (from St Matthew Passion), Final Chorus by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Collected novels by Jane Austen Luxury: Radio receiver

Tallulah Bankhead14 Dec 196400:23:40

Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Tallulah Bankhead.

Book: The Human Situation by MacNeill Dixon Luxury: Her portrait by Augustus John

Frank Phillips23 Nov 196400:23:05

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

Reverend W Awdry19 Oct 196400:29:11

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

Dirk Bogarde28 Sep 196400:22:57

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Dirk Bogarde.

Favourite track: Symphony No 5 in C Minor (Opus 67) by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann Wyss Luxury: Conversation Piece by John Singer Sargent - a painting of the Sitwells

Kenneth Connor22 Jun 196400:21:41

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

Paul Tortelier15 Jun 196400:21:43

Roy Plomley's castaway is cellist Paul Tortelier.

Favourite track: Er, der Herrlichste von Allen from Frauenliebe und Leben by Robert Schumann Book: La Petite chronique d'Anna Magdalena Bach by Esther Meynell Luxury: Bicycle and cider

Richard Wattis01 Jun 196400:19:45

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Richard Wattis.

Favourite track: Piano Concerto No 20 in D Minor by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: The Life of Disraeli by André Maurois Luxury: Bed

David Jacobs25 May 196400:19:40

Roy Plomley's castaway is broadcaster David Jacobs.

Favourite track: God Be in My Head by Temple Church Choir Book: A Hundred-and-One Things a Girl Can Do Luxury: Piano and family photographs

Sir Miles Thomas06 Apr 196400:20:46

Roy Plomley's castaway is industrialist Sir Miles Thomas.

Favourite track: Noel Coward Fantasy by Melachrino Orchestra Book: The Second World War by Sir Winston Churchill Luxury: Toothpaste

Wilfrid Brambell30 Mar 196400:18:46

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Wilfrid Brambell.

Favourite track: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring by Bach/Hess Book: Dictionary Luxury: Scotch whisky and lager

Ginette Spanier21 Jun 196500:22:28

Roy Plomley's castaway is fashion house director Ginette Spanier.

Favourite track: You're Sensational by Frank Sinatra Book: Notebook and pencil Luxury: Silver box

Leslie Baily13 Jan 196400:24:08

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

Nicolai Poliakoff23 Dec 196300:23:54

Roy Plomley's castaway is Coco the Clown - Nicolai Poliakoff.

Favourite track: Black Eyes by Balalaika Orchestra Book: Dictionary Luxury: Writing materials

Gordon Pirie18 Nov 196300:22:03

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

Sir Charles MacLean12 Aug 196300:23:42

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

David Frost15 Apr 196300:21:23

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

Antony Hopkins01 Oct 196200:23:49

Roy Plomley's castaway is composer, conductor and pianist Antony Hopkins.

Favourite track: Quintet in C Major (Opus 163) by Franz Schubert Book: Piano Sonatas by Beethoven Luxury: Piano

Ken Sykora22 Jan 196200:24:31

Roy Plomley's castaway is guitarist Ken Sykora.

Favourite track: Nuages by Django Reinhardt Book: Science for the Citizen Luxury: Guitar

Gracie Fields25 Dec 196100:22:51

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

Wee Georgie Wood06 Nov 196100:21:56

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

Al Read19 Apr 196500:19:46

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

Dame Margot Fonteyn12 Apr 196500:26:11

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

George Baker05 Apr 196500:27:18

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

Arthur Fiedler01 Mar 196500:26:26

Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Arthur Fiedler.

Book: Encyclopaedia Britannica Luxury: Binoculars

Owen Brannigan08 Feb 196500:25:33

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

Marlene Dietrich04 Jan 196500:19:49

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

Jack de Manio26 Dec 196400:21:41

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

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