Episodes
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
Published 07/07/65
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
Published 07/05/65
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
Published 06/21/65
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
Published 04/19/65
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
Published 04/12/65
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
Published 04/05/65
Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Arthur Fiedler. Book: Encyclopaedia Britannica Luxury: Binoculars
Published 03/01/65
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
Published 02/08/65
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
Published 01/04/65
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
Published 12/26/64
Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Tallulah Bankhead. Book: The Human Situation by MacNeill Dixon Luxury: Her portrait by Augustus John
Published 12/14/64
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
Published 11/23/64
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
Published 10/19/64
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
Published 09/28/64
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
Published 06/22/64
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
Published 06/15/64
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
Published 06/01/64
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
Published 05/25/64
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
Published 05/18/64
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
Published 05/04/64
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
Published 04/06/64
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
Published 03/30/64
Published 01/13/64
Roy Plomley's castaway is Coco the Clown - Nicolai Poliakoff. Favourite track: Black Eyes by Balalaika Orchestra Book: Dictionary Luxury: Writing materials
Published 12/23/63