Episodes
Roy Plomley's castaway is poet and broadcaster Pam Ayres.
Favourite track: The New St George by John & Chris Leslie
Book: The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth
Luxury: Large basket of sugared almonds
Published 09/29/79
Roy Plomley's castaway is thriller writer Ted Allbeury.
Favourite track: Love Is The Sweetest Thing by Al Bowlly, Ray Noble and his Orchestra
Book: The Unquiet Grave by Cyril Connolly
Luxury: Writing paper and pencils
Published 09/22/79
Roy Plomley's castaway is writer and critic Richard Buckle.
Favourite track: Piano Quintet In A Major by Franz Schubert
Book: Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
Luxury: Paper and pencils
Published 09/15/79
Roy Plomley's castaway is Chairwoman of the WI Patricia Batty Shaw.
Favourite track: Finlandia by Jean Sibelius
Book: Civilisation by Kenneth Clarke
Luxury: Selection of herbs
Published 07/22/78
Roy Plomley's castaway is naturalist Phil Drabble.
Favourite track: Recording Of The Song Of The Blackbird
Book: Shorthand instruction book with paper and pens
Luxury: Set of bird-ringing tools, including rings
Published 12/10/77
Roy Plomley's castaway is composer Tolchard Evans.
Favourite track: Lady Of Spain by Capital Symphony
Book: Candide by Voltaire
Luxury: Manuscript paper and pens
Published 08/28/76
Roy Plomley's castaway is baritone Sherrill Milnes.
Favourite track: Symphony No 9 by Ludwig van Beethoven
Book: Twenty-Five Years of New Yorker Cartoons
Luxury: Herrings in sour cream
Published 01/10/76
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Julia Foster.
Favourite track: And So I Love You by Bobby Goldsboro
Book: Dictionary of Quotations
Luxury: Tapestry-making kit
Published 01/03/76
Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Margaret Price.
Favourite track: Liebestod by Richard Wagner
Book: Pacific Cookbook by Victor Sperandeo
Luxury: Perfume
Published 12/13/75
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor and comedian Ron Moody.
Favourite track: Sparky's Magic Piano by Henry Blair & Verne Smith
Book: A History of Western Philosophy by Bertrand Russell
Luxury: Oil painting
Published 11/29/75
Roy Plomley's castaway is musician Vince Hill.
Favourite track: Fountains Of Rome by Respighi
Book: Do-it-yourself manual
Luxury: Turner's Seascape
Published 11/15/75
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor and musician Stanley Holloway.
Favourite track: And This Is My Beloved by Doretta Morrow
Book: A book on the musical plays of the last century
Luxury: Manicure and pedicure set
Published 10/25/75
Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Doris Hare.
Favourite track: Fantasia On Greensleeves by Ralph Vaughan Williams
Book: Dictionary of Quotations
Luxury: Piano
Published 10/11/75
Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian Dave Allen.
Favourite track: Canon In D by Johann Pachelbel
Book: Ballard of Reading Gaol by Oscar Wilde
Luxury: Painting by Van Hook
Published 07/12/75
Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Patricia Hayes.
Favourite track: Nocturne No. 8 In D Flat (Opus 72) by Frédéric Chopin
Book: Kristin Lauransdatter by Sigrid Undset
Luxury: Four-poster bed
Published 04/19/75
Roy Plomley's castaway is painter Duncan Grant.
Favourite track: L'Incoronazione Di Poppea by Claudio Monteverdi
Book: The collected works by Jane Austen
Luxury: Artists' materials
Published 03/15/75
Roy Plomley's castaway is writer and journalist Jilly Cooper.
Favourite track: Mir Ist So Wunderbar by Ludwig van Beethoven
Book: Dance to the Music of Time by Anthony Powell
Luxury: Notebooks and pens
Published 03/08/75
Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Valerie Masterson.
Favourite track: Symphony in D Minor by César Franck
Book: Survival manual
Luxury: Beauty products
Published 02/22/75
Roy Plomley's castaway is portrait painter Bernard Hailstone.
Favourite track: Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F Major by Johann Sebastian Bach
Book: In Search of the Miraculous by Peter Ouspensky
Luxury: Radio receiver
Published 01/25/75
Roy Plomley's castaway is Punch and Judy man Percy Press.
Favourite track: A Midsummer Nights Dream by Felix Mendelssohn
Book: Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K Jerome
Luxury: Pair Of Binoculars
Published 12/28/74
Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Angela Baddeley.
Favourite track: Liebestod by Richard Wagner
Book: Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
Luxury: Portrait of her husband
Published 12/21/74
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Oliver Reed.
Favourite track: Jardins Sous La Pluie by Claude Debussy
Book: Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne
Luxury: Inflatable rubber woman
Published 11/30/74
Roy Plomley's castaway is long-distance runner Bruce Tulloh.
Favourite track: A Felicidade by Antonio Carlos Jobim
Book: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Luxury: Harmonica
Published 11/23/74
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Denholm Elliott.
Favourite track: Kyrie A 4 by John Taverner
Book: Survival manual
Luxury: Still
Published 09/14/74