Synopsis
Guests are invited to choose the eight records they would take to a desert island
Episodes
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Moira Anderson
13/12/1969 Duration: 06minRoy 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
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Lillian Board
29/11/1969 Duration: 08minRoy Plomley's castaway is athlete Lillian Board.Favourite track: Theme From Zorba the Greek by Theodorakis Book: Family photograph album Luxury: Bed
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Irmgard Seefried
22/11/1969 Duration: 07minRoy 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
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Anthony Grey
01/11/1969 Duration: 19minRoy 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
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Cliff Morgan
27/09/1969 Duration: 07minRoy Plomley's castaway is rugby player Cliff Morgan.Favourite track: Westminster (Narration with Sound Effects) by Hywel Davies Book: Teach-yourself encyclopaedia Luxury: Piano
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Des O'Connor
01/09/1969 Duration: 03minRoy 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
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Olivia Manning
25/08/1969 Duration: 07minRoy 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
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Rachael Heyhoe
28/07/1969 Duration: 01minRoy 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
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Vincent Price
14/07/1969 Duration: 04minRoy 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
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Dr Elsie Hall
28/04/1969 Duration: 20minRoy 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
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Lady Diana Cooper
24/03/1969 Duration: 20minRoy 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
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Mary Wilson
10/03/1969 Duration: 09minRoy 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
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Edward Downes
17/02/1969 Duration: 09minRoy Plomley's castaway is conductor Edward Downes.Favourite track: Bailero by Mardeleine Grey Book: Encyclopaedia Luxury: Chinese language course
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Lord David Cecil
03/02/1969 Duration: 06minRoy 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
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Maggie Fitzgibbon
27/01/1969 Duration: 06minRoy 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
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Rosea Kemp
25/12/1968 Duration: 05minRoy 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
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Sir Paul Gore-Booth
13/11/1968 Duration: 23minRoy 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
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Billy Russell
07/10/1968 Duration: 05minRoy Plomley's castaway is comedian Billy Russell.Favourite track: The Lord's Prayer by Gracie Fields Book: Encyclopaedia Luxury: Painting materials
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Richard Rodney Bennett
09/09/1968 Duration: 06minRoy Plomley's castaway is composer Richard Rodney Bennett.Favourite track: Jeux by Claude Debussy Book: The Atlantic Book by Edith Sitwell Luxury: Piano
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Carlo Maria Giulini
19/08/1968 Duration: 15minRoy 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