Episodes
Roy Plomley's castaway is designer Sir Gordon Russell. Favourite track: Water Music Suite by George Frideric Handel Book: The Natural History of Selborne by Gilbert White Luxury: Claret
Published 06/03/68
Roy Plomley's castaway is Royal Shakespeare Company Director Trevor Nunn. Favourite track: The Sound of Silence by Simon & Garfunkel Book: Yoga manual Luxury: Kingsize cigarette
Published 05/20/68
Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Dame Maggie Teyte.
Published 04/15/68
Roy Plomley's castaway is writer and broadcaster Russell Braddon. Favourite track: Casta Diva (from Norma) by Vincenzo Bellini Book: History of the World Luxury: Red ink
Published 04/08/68
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Alfie Bass. Favourite track: Piano Concerto No 3 in C Minor by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: Encyclopaedia
Published 04/01/68
Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Susan Hampshire. Favourite track: Paris au Mois d'Aout by Charles Aznavour Book: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy Luxury: Painting, or a 16th-century patch box
Published 02/03/68
Roy Plomley's castaway is playwright and barrister John Mortimer. Favourite track: Voi Che Sapete (from The Marriage of Figaro) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu by Marcel Proust Luxury: Marble bath with constant hot water
Published 01/20/68
Roy Plomley's castaway is pianist Jacques Loussier. Favourite track: Come Thou, the World's Redeemer (Choral Prelude) by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Men, Beasts and Gods by Ferdinand Ossendowski Luxury: Painting of the Crucifixion by Salvador Dali
Published 11/25/67
Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Irene Worth. Favourite track: Five Pieces for Orchestra No.1 by Arnold Schoenberg Book: Textbook on anthropology Luxury: The Beatles new colour television show
Published 11/18/67
Published 10/30/67
Roy Plomley's castaway is academic and broadcaster Professor Sir Denis Brogan. Favourite track: The Rite of Spring by Igor Stravinsky Book: Works by Dante Alighieri Luxury: Writing materials
Published 10/21/67
Roy Plomley's castaway is broadcaster Doris Arnold. Favourite track: Praise to the Holiest (from The Dream of Gerontius) by Edward Elgar Book: The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett Luxury: Mink coat
Published 09/25/67
Roy Plomley's castaway is academic and writer Lord Ritchie-Calder. Favourite track: J'Attendrai by Jean Sablon Book: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy Luxury: Tape recorder
Published 06/26/67
Roy Plomley's castaway is the Dean of St Paul's, the Very Reverend Dr W R Matthews. Favourite track: Gloria in Excelsis (from Mass in D) by Franz Joseph Haydn Book: Republic by Plato Luxury: Beginner's guide to making rafts
Published 05/01/67
Roy Plomley's castaway is film director John Schlesinger. Favourite track: Morgen (Opus 27 No 4) by Richard Strauss Book: Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift Luxury: Insect repellent
Published 04/10/67
Roy Plomley's castaway is musician, artist and broadcaster Rolf Harris. Favourite track: Matila by Yves Montand Book: Dusty by Frank Dalby Davison Luxury: Two tape recorders
Published 04/03/67
Roy Plomley's castaway is novelist and journalist Dick Francis. Favourite track: I Left My Heart in San Francisco by Tony Bennett Book: The Spirit of St Louis by Charles Lindbergh Luxury: Mirror
Published 03/27/67
Roy Plomley's castaway is world speedway champion Barry Briggs. Favourite track: You Oughta be in Pictures by Ray Conniff & Billy Butterfield Book: Encyclopaedia Luxury: Surfboard
Published 03/13/67
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Richard Goolden. Favourite track: Where Have All the Flowers Gone? by Marlene Dietrich Book: The Essays of Elia by Charles Lamb Luxury: Cigars and a dinner jacket
Published 01/23/67
Roy Plomley's castaway is Matron of Great Ormond Street Hospital Gwendoline Kirby. Favourite track: The Lord is My Shepherd (Brother James's Air) by The Orpington Junior Singers Book: The Lord of the Rings by J R R Tolkien Luxury: Field glasses
Published 12/24/66
Roy Plomley's castaway is racing driver Jack Brabham. Favourite track: Our Love is Here to Stay by Nat King Cole Book: Textbook on advanced mechanical engineering Luxury: Not required
Published 12/19/66
Roy Plomley's castaways are rowers John Ridgway & Chay Blyth. Favourite track: Sinfonia Antarctica by Ralph Vaughan Williams Book: Dictionary and Anthology of poetry Luxury: Shaving kit and a leather armchair
Published 12/05/66
Roy Plomley's castaway is writer and critic Jacques Brunius. Favourite track: West End Blues by Louis Armstrong's Hot Seven Book: Complete works by Lewis Carroll Luxury: Broken and unplayable pop record
Published 10/17/66
Roy Plomley's castaways are singers Nina & Frederick. Favourite track: Qual cor, qual cor tradisti by Vincenzo Bellini Book: I Ching and The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon Luxury: Harp and a flute
Published 06/13/66
Roy Plomley's castaway is heavyweight boxer Henry Cooper. Favourite track: Ave Maria by Franz Schubert Book: Do-it-yourself manual Luxury: Training gear
Published 05/16/66