Episodes
Roy Plomley's castaway is singer Moira Anderson.
Favourite track: Dr MacLeod's Fancy by John Ellis & Highland Country Dance Band
Book: Scouting for Boys by Robert Baden-Powell
Luxury: Bathroom suite
Published 12/13/69
Published 12/13/69
Roy Plomley's castaway is athlete Lillian Board.
Favourite track: Theme From Zorba the Greek by Theodorakis
Book: Family photograph album
Luxury: Bed
Published 11/29/69
Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Irmgard Seefried.
Favourite track: Violin Concerto in D Major (Opus 61) by Ludwig van Beethoven
Book: Herr, Hier Bin Ich (Prayers of Life)
Luxury: String of pearls
Published 11/22/69
Roy Plomley's castaway is foreign correspondent Anthony Grey.
Favourite track: Concerto Grosso in C Major by George Frideric Handel
Book: Dictionary
Luxury: Book stall in Victoria station
Published 11/01/69
Roy Plomley's castaway is foreign correspondent Anthony Grey.
Favourite track: Concerto Grosso in C Major by George Frideric Handel
Book: Dictionary
Luxury: Book stall in Victoria station
Published 11/01/69
Roy Plomley's castaway is rugby player Cliff Morgan.
Favourite track: Westminster (Narration with Sound Effects) by Hywel Davies
Book: Teach-yourself encyclopaedia
Luxury: Piano
Published 09/27/69
Roy Plomley's castaway is musician and actor Des O'Connor.
Favourite track: Caught in the Act by Victor Borge
Book: Encyclopaedia
Luxury: Daily delivery of The Sporting Life
Published 09/01/69
Roy Plomley's castaway is novelist Olivia Manning.
Favourite track: The Swan of Tuonela (Opus 22 No 2) by Jean Sibelius
Book: Growth and Form by D'Arcy Thompson
Luxury: Clue to buried treasure
Published 08/25/69
Roy Plomley's castaway is women's cricket captain Rachael Heyhoe.
Favourite track: Nursery School by Joyce Grenfell
Book: Book on desert island cookery
Luxury: Ukelele
Published 07/28/69
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Vincent Price.
Favourite track: America the Beautiful by Vincent Price
Book: Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman
Luxury: Double bed
Published 07/14/69
Roy Plomley's castaway is pianist Dr Elsie Hall.
Favourite track: Symphony No 1 in C Minor by Johannes Brahms
Book: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Luxury: Billiard table, cue and balls
Published 04/28/69
Roy Plomley's castaway is pianist Dr Elsie Hall.
Favourite track: Symphony No 1 in C Minor by Johannes Brahms
Book: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Luxury: Billiard table, cue and balls
Published 04/28/69
Roy Plomley's castaway is writer and actress Lady Diana Cooper.
Favourite track: Die Walkure - Wotan Puts Brunnhilde to Sleep by Richard Wagner
Book: Volumes of her autobiography
Luxury: Bag of pillows, in which she will smuggle in her dog
Published 03/24/69
Roy Plomley's castaway is poet Mary Wilson.
Favourite track: Faust (Final Chorus) by Charles Gounod
Book: Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
Luxury: Make-up set, mirror and comb
Published 03/10/69
Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Edward Downes.
Favourite track: Bailero by Mardeleine Grey
Book: Encyclopaedia
Luxury: Chinese language course
Published 02/17/69
Roy Plomley's castaway is writer and critic Lord David Cecil.
Favourite track: Brandenburg Concerto No 5 in D Major by Johann Sebastian Bach
Book: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Luxury: Donatello's great altar in St Anthony's Church, Padua
Published 02/03/69
Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Maggie Fitzgibbon.
Favourite track: Paddlin' Madelin' Home by Graham 'Smacka' Fitzgibbon
Book: The Birdman of Alcatraz by Robert Stroud
Luxury: Alabaster cherub
Published 01/27/69
Roy Plomley's castaway is weather forecaster Rosea Kemp.
Favourite track: Hallelujah Chorus (from Messiah) by George Frideric Handel
Book: Enquire Within Upon Everything
Luxury: Four poster bed
Published 12/25/68
Roy Plomley's castaway is Head of the Diplomatic Service Sir Paul Gore-Booth.
Favourite track: Piano Concerto No 20 in D Minor by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Book: Books by Mary Baker Eddy
Luxury: Piano
Published 11/13/68
Roy Plomley's castaway is Head of the Diplomatic Service Sir Paul Gore-Booth.
Favourite track: Piano Concerto No 20 in D Minor by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Book: Books by Mary Baker Eddy
Luxury: Piano
Published 11/13/68
Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian Billy Russell.
Favourite track: The Lord's Prayer by Gracie Fields
Book: Encyclopaedia
Luxury: Painting materials
Published 10/07/68
Roy Plomley's castaway is composer Richard Rodney Bennett.
Favourite track: Jeux by Claude Debussy
Book: The Atlantic Book by Edith Sitwell
Luxury: Piano
Published 09/09/68
Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Carlo Maria Giulini.
Favourite track: String Quartet No 15 in A Minor (Opus 132) by Ludwig van Beethoven
Book: The Mirror of Perfection - The Praise of Created Things by St Francis of Assisi
Published 08/19/68
Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Eleanor Bron.
Favourite track: Im Fruhling by Franz Schubert
Book: Bi-lingual edition by Homer
Luxury: Sycamore trees
Published 06/24/68
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