Synopsis
Guests are invited to choose the eight records they would take to a desert island
Episodes
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Hugh Lloyd
07/07/1965 Duration: 21minRoy Plomley's castaway is actor and comedian Hugh Lloyd.Favourite track: Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Book: Anthology by Charles Dickens Luxury: Writing materials
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Mary Stocks
05/07/1965 Duration: 23minRoy Plomley's castaway is teacher and social worker Mary Stocks.Favourite track: In Tears of Grief (from St Matthew Passion), Final Chorus by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Collected novels by Jane Austen Luxury: Radio receiver
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Ginette Spanier
21/06/1965 Duration: 22minRoy Plomley's castaway is fashion house director Ginette Spanier.Favourite track: You're Sensational by Frank Sinatra Book: Notebook and pencil Luxury: Silver box
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Dame Margot Fonteyn
12/04/1965 Duration: 26minRoy Plomley's castaway is prima ballerina Dame Margot Fonteyn.Favourite track: Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Hadrian's Memoirs by Marguerite Yourcenar Luxury: Skin-diver's mask
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George Baker
05/04/1965 Duration: 27minRoy Plomley's castaway is baritone George Baker.Favourite track: Praise to the Holiest in the Height (from The Dream of Gerontius) by Edward Elgar Book: His favourite works by Charles Dickens Luxury: Writing materials
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Arthur Fiedler
01/03/1965 Duration: 26minRoy Plomley's castaway is conductor Arthur Fiedler.Book: Encyclopaedia Britannica Luxury: Binoculars
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Owen Brannigan
08/02/1965 Duration: 25minRoy Plomley's castaway is bass Owen Brannigan.Favourite track: Noye's Fludde by Benjamin Britten Book: The collected works by G.K. Chesterton Luxury: Trombone
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Marlene Dietrich
04/01/1965 Duration: 19minRoy Plomley's castaway is actress Marlene Dietrich.Favourite track: The Rite of Spring by Igor Stravinsky Book: The Telegram by Konstantin Paustovsky and A Story of Life by Konstantin Paustovsky Luxury: Mementoes box
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Jack de Manio
26/12/1964 Duration: 21minRoy Plomley's castaway is broadcaster Jack de Manio.Favourite track: The Faithful Hussar by Louis Armstrong and his All Stars Book: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy Luxury: Scented soap
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Tallulah Bankhead
14/12/1964 Duration: 23minRoy Plomley's castaway is actress Tallulah Bankhead.Book: The Human Situation by MacNeill Dixon Luxury: Her portrait by Augustus John
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Frank Phillips
23/11/1964 Duration: 23minRoy Plomley's castaway is newsreader Frank Phillips.Favourite track: Etude No 13 in A Flat Major (Opus 25 No 1) by Frédéric Chopin Book: A Dictionary of Origins by Eric Partridge Luxury: Armchair
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Reverend W Awdry
19/10/1964 Duration: 29minRoy Plomley's castaway is the creator of Thomas the Tank Engine Reverend W Awdry.Favourite track: Baal, We Cry to Thee by Felix Mendelssohn Book: Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe Luxury: Writing materials
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Dirk Bogarde
28/09/1964 Duration: 22minRoy Plomley's castaway is actor Dirk Bogarde.Favourite track: Symphony No 5 in C Minor (Opus 67) by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann Wyss Luxury: Conversation Piece by John Singer Sargent - a painting of the Sitwells
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Kenneth Connor
22/06/1964 Duration: 21minRoy Plomley's castaway is actor Kenneth Connor.Favourite track: Little Bit This, Little Bit That by Jimmy Durante Book: Margin Released by J B Priestley Luxury: Guitar
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Paul Tortelier
15/06/1964 Duration: 21minRoy Plomley's castaway is cellist Paul Tortelier.Favourite track: Er, der Herrlichste von Allen from Frauenliebe und Leben by Robert Schumann Book: La Petite chronique d'Anna Magdalena Bach by Esther Meynell Luxury: Bicycle and cider
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Richard Wattis
01/06/1964 Duration: 19minRoy Plomley's castaway is actor Richard Wattis.Favourite track: Piano Concerto No 20 in D Minor by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: The Life of Disraeli by André Maurois Luxury: Bed
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David Jacobs
25/05/1964 Duration: 19minRoy Plomley's castaway is broadcaster David Jacobs.Favourite track: God Be in My Head by Temple Church Choir Book: A Hundred-and-One Things a Girl Can Do Luxury: Piano and family photographs
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Sir Miles Thomas
06/04/1964 Duration: 20minRoy Plomley's castaway is industrialist Sir Miles Thomas.Favourite track: Noel Coward Fantasy by Melachrino Orchestra Book: The Second World War by Sir Winston Churchill Luxury: Toothpaste
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Wilfrid Brambell
30/03/1964 Duration: 18minRoy Plomley's castaway is actor Wilfrid Brambell.Favourite track: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring by Bach/Hess Book: Dictionary Luxury: Scotch whisky and lager