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Castaway
1 appearance
Six-time World Professional Snooker Champion, a dominant figure in the sport from South Wales.
On the island
Eight records
I'm a bit of a sentimentalist, I suppose, but I also like a bit of fun as well.
You Always Hurt the One You Love
Spike Jones and his City Slickers
One of my favorites one that I can never stop laughing at.
Tredegar Orpheus Male Voice Choir
I'd have to have the national anthem, Land of My Fathers.
Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 (opening)Favourite
Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Georg Solti
It's like a symphony, you see. … So I would say with a Beethoven simply number five, please.
In conversation
Presenter asks
2:39How old were you when you started to play?
I would say around the eight.
Presenter asks
4:21The family moved from South Wales to Staffordshire. Were there better opportunities there? What was the reason for the move?
I suppose I I was mainly instrumental in this. I used to go away with my family on the holidays. … I'd like a move, and I talked my mother into doing it. And then she spoke to my father and then he requested a transfer through the mining industry.
Presenter asks
5:24How long did the ordeal [of being buried] last?
Three hours.
Presenter asks
8:27When did it cross your mind that it might be possible to turn professional?
I had never had any aspirations of being a professional snooker player.
The keepsakes
The book
Alistair MacLean
the book that I'd like would be one of Alastair MacLean, something very exciting and thrilling and full of adventure. I would think Where Eagles Day.
The luxury
a set of golf clubs and golf balls
I like golf so much that I'd take a set of golf clubs. Provided I could take some golf balls to go with it.
Presenter asks
11:15How did you do that first year [in the World Professional Championship]?
Terrible. There was only eight of us in it, actually. I lost to Fred Davis in the quarter finals.
Presenter asks
24:28If you would have only one disc out of the eight you've chosen, which would you stay with?
Roy, that would be [Beethoven's] number five, actually.
“I would say around the eight.”
“Three hours.”
“I had never had any aspirations of being a professional snooker player.”
“Terrible. There was only eight of us in it, actually. I lost to Fred Davis in the quarter finals.”
“Roy, that would be [Beethoven's] number five, actually.”