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desert is.land

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The Complete Works of Shakespeare — Book · desert is.land

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The Complete Works of Shakespeare

11 episodes

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11

Total castaways

1970s

Peak decade

3

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Angela Baddeley
Colin Welland
Dr Roy Strong
Elizabeth Jane Howard
John Mortimer
Laurence Harvey
Peter Rogers
Professor Barry Cunliffe
Richard Dimbleby
Rita Hunter
Vince Hill

Vince Hill
How a year down the coal mines helped Vince Hill avoid the army
Castaway · 15 November 1975Roy Plomley
Angela Baddeley
Angela Baddeley on her first role as a little orphan girl in a dreadful melodrama
Castaway · 21 December 1974Roy Plomley

desert is.land

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Peter Rogers on giving audiences the licorice all sorts they want

Castaway · 20 October 1973Roy Plomley

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Colin Welland

How the fear of marriage made Colin Welland quit teaching for the stage

Castaway · 4 August 1973Roy Plomley

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Rita Hunter

Rita Hunter on singing the Dutchman at Covent Garden with her hair in curlers

Castaway · 10 February 1973Roy Plomley

Professor Barry Cunliffe

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Professor Barry Cunliffe

Barry Cunliffe on how a young excavator’s neat cut uncovered a Roman inscription in Bath

Castaway · 19 August 1972Roy Plomley

Elizabeth Jane Howard

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Elizabeth Jane Howard

Elizabeth Jane Howard on learning about war from a photograph of her father's dead comrades

Castaway · 29 April 1972Roy Plomley

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Dr Roy Strong

Roy Strong on buying a long-lost portrait of Milton for £22

Castaway · 7 March 1970Roy Plomley

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John Mortimer

John Mortimer on having his play performed by real murderers in San Quentin

Castaway · 20 January 1968Roy Plomley

Richard Dimbleby

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Richard Dimbleby

Richard Dimbleby on his first broadcast being an interview with a cow

Castaway · 13 October 1958Roy Plomley

Laurence Harvey

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Laurence Harvey

Castaway · 2 January 1956Roy Plomley