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Roy Plomley's castaway is pop singer Cliff Richard.
Cliff talks about growing up in India and discovering that he had a talent for music; how it feels to leave his teenage years behind him and his intention to embark on his next movie role - a more serious part - in a thriller by Margery Allingham. He confesses to homesickness for Britain during five weeks in America, describes how he deals with fans who want to grab a piece of him and how he came up with the name "Cliff Richard"....
Published 10/31/60
Published 10/31/60
Roy Plomley's castaway is journalist Godfrey Talbot.
Favourite track: Piano Concerto No 2 in C Minor by Sergei Rachmaninov
Book: Critical and Historical Essays by Thomas Macaulay
Luxury: Writing materials
Published 08/29/60
Roy Plomley's castaway is pianist Liberace.
Favourite track: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini by Sergei Rachmaninov
Book: The Magic of Believing by Claude M Bristol
Luxury: Piano
Published 05/23/60
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
Published 03/28/60
Roy Plomley's castaway is organist George Thalben-Ball.
Favourite track: Sea Symphony by Ralph Vaughan Williams
Book: Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K Jerome
Luxury: White rug
Published 10/26/59
Roy Plomley's castaway is cricketer Sir Leonard Hutton.
Book: History of cricket
Luxury: Golf clubs
Published 09/07/59
Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Charles MacKerras.
Book: Foreign translation of a long English novel
Luxury: Wine
Published 08/24/59
Roy Plomley's castaway is prima ballerina Alicia Markova.
Luxury: Perfume
Published 09/22/58
Roy Plomley's castaway is concert pianist Hephzibah Menuhin.
Luxury: Chinese language course
Published 08/25/58
Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Agnes Nicholls.
Book: Illustrated dictionary
Luxury: Perfume
Published 05/19/58
Eamonn Andrews's castaway is broadcaster Roy Plomley.
Book: Who's Who in the Theatre
Luxury: Desk with a typewriter and paper
Published 05/12/58
Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian Ben Lyon.
Luxury: Film projector and films of family
Published 02/17/58
Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Sir Thomas Beecham.
Luxury: Havana cigars
Published 12/23/57
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Bransby Williams.
Luxury: Paper and pencils
Published 11/04/57
Roy Plomley's castaway is bandleader Stan Kenton.
Book: The Mature Mind by H. L. Overstreet
Published 04/09/56
Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Bebe Daniels.
Luxury: Typewriter and paper
Published 04/02/56
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