Ranked #1
Robert Bolt
Robert Bolt
Roy Plomley's castaway is playwright Robert Bolt.Favourite track: Clarinet Quintet In A Major by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart... Read more
16 Jan 1971
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11mins
Ranked #2
Barbara Windsor
Barbara Windsor
Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Barbara Windsor.Favourite track: Fings Ain't Wot They Used Ter Be by Billy Cotton, Rit... Read more
13 Jun 1970
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9mins
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Ranked #3
Donald Pleasence
Donald Pleasence
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Donald Pleasence.Favourite track: Dies Irae by Giuseppe VerdiBook: The Brothers Karamazo... Read more
29 Mar 1980
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28mins
Ranked #4
Leontyne Price
Leontyne Price
Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Leontyne Price.Favourite track: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor by Sergei RachmaninovB... Read more
22 Sep 1973
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8mins
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Dave Allen
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Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian Dave Allen.Favourite track: Canon In D by Johann PachelbelBook: Ballard of Reading Ga... Read more
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Ranked #6
James Clavell
James Clavell
Roy Plomley's castaway is novelist James Clavell.Favourite track: The Impossible Dream by Roberta FlackBook: The Koran
14 Nov 1981
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33mins
Ranked #7
Group Captain Peter Townsend
Group Captain Peter Townsend
Roy Plomley's castaway is writer and explorer Group Captain Peter Townsend.Favourite track: L'Ame Des Poètes by Charles ... Read more
25 Nov 1972
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9mins
Ranked #8
Susannah York
Susannah York
Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Susannah York.Favourite track: Concerto in D Minor For Violin, Oboe and String Orchest... Read more
1 Mar 1980
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25mins
Ranked #9
Norman Thelwell
Norman Thelwell
Roy Plomley's castaway is cartoonist Norman Thelwell.Favourite track: Nocturne in F Sharp by Frédéric ChopinBook: Swiss ... Read more
5 May 1973
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9mins
Ranked #10
Julia Foster
Julia Foster
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Julia Foster.Favourite track: And So I Love You by Bobby GoldsboroBook: Dictionary of Qu... Read more
3 Jan 1976
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16mins
Ranked #11
Jilly Cooper
Jilly Cooper
Roy Plomley's castaway is writer and journalist Jilly Cooper.Favourite track: Mir Ist So Wunderbar by Ludwig van Beethov... Read more
8 Mar 1975
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7mins
Ranked #12
Marcel Marceau
Marcel Marceau
Roy Plomley's castaway is mime artist Marcel Marceau.Favourite track: Dies Irae by Giuseppe VerdiLuxury: Painting materi... Read more
22 Jul 1972
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1min
Ranked #13
Erich Leinsdorf
Erich Leinsdorf
Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Erich Leinsdorf.Book: Faust by Johann Wolfgang GoetheLuxury: Insect repellent
15 Aug 1970
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10mins
Ranked #14
Lorin Maazel
Lorin Maazel
Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Lorin Maazel.Favourite track: Quartet No. 14 In D Minor by Franz SchubertBook: The c... Read more
31 Jul 1971
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10mins
Ranked #15
Mollie Lee
Mollie Lee
Roy Plomley's castaway is Woman's Hour broadcaster Mollie Lee.Favourite track: Eugene Onegin by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky... Read more
25 Sep 1971
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7mins
Ranked #16
Denholm Elliott
Denholm Elliott
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Denholm Elliott.Favourite track: Kyrie A 4 by John TavernerBook: Survival manualLuxury: ... Read more
14 Sep 1974
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10mins
Ranked #17
Pam Ayres
Pam Ayres
Roy Plomley's castaway is poet and broadcaster Pam Ayres.Favourite track: The New St George by John & Chris LeslieBo... Read more
29 Sep 1979
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29mins
Ranked #18
Elspeth Huxley
Elspeth Huxley
Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Elspeth Huxley.Favourite track: Piano Concerto in A Minor by Edvard GriegBook: Novels b... Read more
17 Oct 1981
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27mins
