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Roy Plomley's castaway is writer and filmmaker John Paddy Carstairs.
Favourite track: Swan Lake (Act 2) by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Book: Thesaurus by Roget
Luxury: Piano
Published 12/07/59
Published 12/07/59
Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Joan Sutherland.
Favourite track: Mira, O Norma by Vincenzo Bellini
Book: Memoirs of Jenny Lind by Otto Goldschmidt
Luxury: Bed
Published 11/23/59
Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian Benny Hill.
Favourite track: Le Gamin de Paris by Yves Montand
Book: Collection of language courses
Luxury: Film camera
Published 11/16/59
Roy Plomley's castaway is film director Alfred Hitchcock.
Favourite track: Siegfried's Horn Call by Richard Wagner
Book: Household Management by Mrs Beeton
Luxury: Continental railway timetable
Published 10/19/59
Roy Plomley's castaway is jazz musician Dave Brubeck.
Book: Encyclopaedia
Luxury: Piano
Published 10/12/59
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 radio presenter John Snagge.
Book: The Little World of Don Camillo by Giovannino Guareschi
Luxury: Painting by Rembrandt
Published 08/31/59
Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Lotte Lehmann.
Book: Faust by Johann Wolfgang Goethe
Luxury: Paintbox
Published 06/22/59
Roy Plomley's castaway is world champion swimmer Judy Grinham.
Favourite track: Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye by Ella Fitzgerald
Book: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Luxury: Typewriter and paper
Published 03/09/59
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor and playwright John Osborne.
Luxury: Perfume
Published 01/19/59
Roy Plomley's castaway is mezzo-soprano Elena Gerhardt.
Book: A philosophical work by Johann Wolfgang Goethe
Luxury: Tapestry-making kit
Published 11/10/58
Roy Plomley's castaway is journalist and broadcaster Richard Dimbleby.
Luxury: Piano
Published 10/13/58
Roy Plomley's castaway is prima ballerina Alicia Markova.
Luxury: Perfume
Published 09/22/58
Roy Plomley's castaways are comedians Elsie & Doris Waters.
Book: The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame and Diary of a Nobody by George Grossmith
Luxury: Sunshade and a garbage disposal unit
Published 08/11/58
Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Elisabeth Schwarzkopf.
Book: French cookery book
Luxury: Sun-tan oil
Published 07/28/58
Roy Plomley's castaway is DJ Christopher Stone.
Luxury: Paper and fountain pen
Published 09/23/57
Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Leopold Stokowski.
Luxury: Tape recorder
Published 08/19/57
Roy Plomley's castaway is horticulturalist Fred Streeter.
Book: Gardening dictionary
Luxury: Greenhouse for growing orchids
Published 07/15/57
Roy Plomley's castaway is French horn player Dennis Brain.
Book: Back numbers of motor magazines
Luxury: Typewriter and paper
Published 08/13/56
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor and singer Tex Ritter.
Luxury: Cards and guitar
Published 07/23/56
Roy Plomley's castaway is cricketer Jim Laker.
Luxury: Cricket ball and a piano
Published 07/09/56
Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Kirsten Flagstad.
Luxury: Knitting needles and wool
Published 04/29/52
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