122 episodes

• George Martin

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  George Martin

  George Martin on ignoring Tommy Steele to sign the Vipers

  Castaway · 31 July 1982·Roy Plomley

• Jenny Agutter

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  Jenny Agutter

  Jenny Agutter on the telegram that said 'not Nordic type'

  Castaway · 1 May 1982·Roy Plomley

• Trevor Brooking

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  Trevor Brooking

  Trevor Brooking on being forced to practise with only his weaker foot as a child

  Castaway · 2 January 1982·Roy Plomley

• James Clavell

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  James Clavell

  James Clavell on being given a proclamation from King George VI as a returning POW

  Castaway · 14 November 1981·Roy Plomley

• Terry Hands

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  Terry Hands

  Terry Hands on applying to RADA as an afterthought

  Castaway · 8 August 1981·Roy Plomley

• Stewart Granger

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  Stewart Granger

  Stewart Granger on the guilt of surviving his battalion's annihilation

  Castaway · 25 April 1981·Roy Plomley

• Arthur Askey

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  Arthur Askey

  Arthur Askey on carving his initials on a desk Paul McCartney called a shrine

  Castaway · 20 December 1980·Roy Plomley

• Renata Scotto

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  Renata Scotto

  Renata Scotto on replacing Maria Callas in Edinburgh

  Castaway · 30 August 1980·Roy Plomley

• Barry Norman

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  Barry Norman

  Barry Norman on being hurled into a racial maelstrom as a 19-year-old journalist

  Castaway · 25 August 1979·Roy Plomley

• Dick Clement

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  Dick Clement & Ian La Frenais

  Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais on meeting at The Uxbridge Arms and playing hearts

  Castaway · 21 July 1979·Roy Plomley

• Peter Blake

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  Peter Blake

  Peter Blake on starting art school in short trousers

  Castaway · 12 May 1979·Roy Plomley

• Cathy Berberian

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  Cathy Berberian

  Cathy Berberian on singing baritone, bass and coloratura as a child because nobody told her she couldn't

  Castaway · 16 September 1978·Roy Plomley

• Spike Milligan

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  Spike Milligan

  How failing a maths exam stopped Spike Milligan becoming a fighter pilot

  Castaway · 4 February 1978·Roy Plomley

• Mirella Freni

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  Mirella Freni

  Mirella Freni on being 'brother in milk' with Luciano Pavarotti

  Castaway · 11 June 1977·Roy Plomley

• Peggy Lee

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  Peggy Lee

  How Peggy Lee auditioned with one dime to her name

  Castaway · 14 May 1977·Roy Plomley

• Penelope Keith

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  Penelope Keith

  Penelope Keith on the sewing machine needle that ended her piano playing

  Castaway · 21 August 1976·Roy Plomley

• Douglas Fairbanks Jnr

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  Douglas Fairbanks Jnr

  Douglas Fairbanks Jnr on being sacked from his first film job at 13

  Castaway · 29 May 1976·Roy Plomley

• Dr Christiaan Barnard

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  Dr Christiaan Barnard

  Christiaan Barnard on the loneliness after his first transplant patient died

  Castaway · 17 April 1976·Roy Plomley

• Charlotte Rampling

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  Charlotte Rampling

  How seeing herself in Rotten to the Core left Charlotte Rampling in tears

  Castaway · 3 April 1976·Roy Plomley

• Jilly Cooper

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  Jilly Cooper

  How Jilly Cooper lost 50,000 words of a novel on a bus

  Castaway · 8 March 1975·Roy Plomley

• Lavinia Young

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  Lavinia Young

  Lavinia Young on mumbling 'Man's inhumanity to man' as bombs fell

  Castaway · 21 December 1964·Roy Plomley

• David Jacobs

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  David Jacobs

  David Jacobs on the screw points that ruined his perfect cupboard mirror

  Castaway · 25 May 1964·Roy Plomley