Ranked #1
Vincent Price
Vincent Price
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Vincent Price.Favourite track: America the Beautiful by Vincent PriceBook: Leaves of Gra... Read more
14 Jul 1969
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4mins
Ranked #2
Ian Fleming
Ian Fleming
Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Ian Fleming.Favourite track: The Darktown Strutters Ball by Joe Fingers CarrBook: War a... Read more
5 Aug 1963
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9mins
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Ranked #3
Stephen Spender
Stephen Spender
Roy Plomley's castaway is poet Stephen Spender.Favourite track: String Quartet No 15 in A Minor (Opus 132) by Ludwig van... Read more
9 Jul 1962
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7mins
Ranked #4
Eleanor Bron
Eleanor Bron
Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Eleanor Bron.Favourite track: Im Fruhling by Franz SchubertBook: Bi-lingual edition by... Read more
24 Jun 1968
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4mins
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John Mortimer
John Mortimer
Roy Plomley's castaway is playwright and barrister John Mortimer.Favourite track: Voi Che Sapete (from The Marriage of F... Read more
20 Jan 1968
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10mins
Ranked #6
George Mitchell
George Mitchell
Roy Plomley's castaway is choirmaster George Mitchell.Favourite track: Götterdämmerung (Closing Scene) by Richard Wagner... Read more
31 Dec 1962
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7mins
Ranked #7
Acker Bilk
Acker Bilk
Roy Plomley's castaway is jazz clarinettist Acker Bilk.Favourite track: Papa Dip by New Orleans WanderersBook: The Wind ... Read more
10 Dec 1962
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7mins
Ranked #8
Trevor Nunn
Trevor Nunn
Roy Plomley's castaway is Royal Shakespeare Company Director Trevor Nunn.Favourite track: The Sound of Silence by Simon ... Read more
20 May 1968
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2mins
Ranked #9
Cilla Black
Cilla Black
Roy Plomley's castaway is singer Cilla Black.Favourite track: Anyone Who Had a Heart by Cilla BlackBook: Alice in Wonder... Read more
24 Aug 1964
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8mins
Ranked #10
Joseph Szigeti
Joseph Szigeti
Roy Plomley's castaway is violinist Joseph Szigeti.Book: Lady Muraski's The Tale of Gengi by Arthur WaleyLuxury: Picture... Read more
31 May 1965
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11mins
Ranked #11
Bob & Alf Pearson
Bob & Alf Pearson
Roy Plomley's castaways are duettists Bob & Alf Pearson.Favourite track: Tiger RagBook: ABC Railway Timetable and A ... Read more
25 Apr 1966
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5mins
Ranked #12
Richard Rodney Bennett
Richard Rodney Bennett
Roy Plomley's castaway is composer Richard Rodney Bennett.Favourite track: Jeux by Claude DebussyBook: The Atlantic Book... Read more
9 Sep 1968
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6mins
Ranked #13
Sir Frank Francis
Sir Frank Francis
Roy Plomley's castaway is British Museum Director Sir Frank Francis.Favourite track: Symphony No 5 in C Minor (Opus 67) ... Read more
14 Mar 1966
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3mins
Ranked #14
Lady Diana Cooper
Lady Diana Cooper
Roy Plomley's castaway is writer and actress Lady Diana Cooper.Favourite track: Die Walkure - Wotan Puts Brunnhilde to S... Read more
24 Mar 1969
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20mins
Ranked #15
Susan Hampshire
Susan Hampshire
Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Susan Hampshire.Favourite track: Paris au Mois d'Aout by Charles AznavourBook: War and... Read more
3 Feb 1968
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5mins
Ranked #16
Leslie Gilbert Illingworth
Leslie Gilbert Illingworth
Roy Plomley's castaway is political cartoonist Leslie Gilbert Illingworth.Favourite track: Symphony No 6 in F Major (Opu... Read more
25 Mar 1963
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2mins
Ranked #17
Marie Collier
Marie Collier
Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Marie Collier.Favourite track: Sheherazade by Maurice RavelBook: Mrs Mackintosh My Dar... Read more
21 Feb 1966
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15mins
Ranked #18
Terry Scott
Terry Scott
Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian and actor Terry Scott.Favourite track: The Sleeping Beauty by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsk... Read more
11 Apr 1966
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5mins
