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
Published 04/21/75
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