496 episodes

• Viscount Montgomery of Alamein

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  Viscount Montgomery of Alamein

  How Montgomery refused to give in after his mother beat him for smoking

  Castaway · 20 December 1969·Roy Plomley

• Moira Anderson

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  Moira Anderson

  Moira Anderson on being given the stage name Mary Winters for her first underage broadcast

  Castaway · 13 December 1969·Roy Plomley

• Godfrey Baseley

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  Godfrey Baseley

  Castaway · 6 December 1969·Roy Plomley

• Lillian Board

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  Lillian Board

  How Colette Besson denied Lillian Board Olympic gold

  Castaway · 29 November 1969·Roy Plomley

• Irmgard Seefried

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  Irmgard Seefried

  Irmgard Seefried on fighting the fire to save the Vienna Opera House

  Castaway · 22 November 1969·Roy Plomley

• Dudley Moore

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  Dudley Moore

  Dudley Moore on going spare after two days alone in Positano

  Castaway · 15 November 1969·Roy Plomley

• Evelyn Rothwell

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  Evelyn Rothwell

  Castaway · 8 November 1969·Roy Plomley

• Anthony Grey

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  Anthony Grey

  Anthony Grey on renaming Desert Island Discs 'Donatitis Discs'

  Castaway · 1 November 1969·Roy Plomley

• Raymond Mays

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  Raymond Mays

  How a South African tour convinced Raymond Mays to build a British Grand Prix car

  Castaway · 25 October 1969·Roy Plomley

• Max Adrian

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  Max Adrian

  Castaway · 18 October 1969·Roy Plomley

• Henry Williamson

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  Henry Williamson

  Henry Williamson on the famous Christmas fraternisation of 1914

  Castaway · 11 October 1969·Roy Plomley

• Thea Holme

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  Thea Holme

  Castaway · 4 October 1969·Roy Plomley

• Cliff Morgan

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  Cliff Morgan

  Cliff Morgan on missing an exam for his first Cardiff game

  Castaway · 27 September 1969·Roy Plomley

• Sir John Wolfenden

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  Sir John Wolfenden

  Castaway · 20 September 1969·Roy Plomley

• Donald Zec

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  Donald Zec

  Castaway · 13 September 1969·Roy Plomley

• Des O'Connor

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  Des O'Connor

  Des O'Connor on being diabolical at his first professional show

  Castaway · 1 September 1969·Roy Plomley

• Olivia Manning

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  Olivia Manning

  Olivia Manning on telling stories before she could write

  Castaway · 25 August 1969·Roy Plomley

• Stanley Rubinstein

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  Stanley Rubinstein

  Castaway · 11 August 1969·Roy Plomley

• Cyril Harmer

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  Cyril Harmer

  Castaway · 4 August 1969·Roy Plomley

• Rachael Heyhoe

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  Rachael Heyhoe

  How singing kept Rachael Heyhoe's cricket team from getting at one another's throats

  Castaway · 28 July 1969·Roy Plomley

• Peter Pears

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  Peter Pears

  Peter Pears on his first concert with Benjamin Britten for Spanish Republican funds

  Castaway · 21 July 1969·Roy Plomley

• Vincent Price

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  Vincent Price

  Vincent Price on his walk-on role as a policeman in the play Chicago

  Castaway · 14 July 1969·Roy Plomley

• Leonard Henry

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  Leonard Henry

  Castaway · 7 July 1969·Roy Plomley

• Evelyn Laye

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  Evelyn Laye

  Evelyn Laye on being asked her name as a baby and replying 'Boo boo'

  Castaway · 23 June 1969·Roy Plomley

• John Trevelyan

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  John Trevelyan

  Castaway · 16 June 1969·Roy Plomley

• Stanford Robinson

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  Stanford Robinson

  Castaway · 9 June 1969·Roy Plomley

• Ginger Rogers

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  Ginger Rogers

  Castaway · 26 May 1969·Roy Plomley

• Virginia Wade

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  Virginia Wade

  Castaway · 19 May 1969·Roy Plomley

• Nicolai Gedda

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  Nicolai Gedda

  Nicolai Gedda on being engaged on the spot after an audition

  Castaway · 12 May 1969·Roy Plomley

• Alvar Lidell

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  Alvar Lidell

  Alvar Lidell on handling the abdication document for broadcast

  Castaway · 5 May 1969·Roy Plomley

• Dr Elsie Hall

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  Dr Elsie Hall

  Elsie Hall on refusing to play in uniform for South African troops

  Castaway · 28 April 1969·Roy Plomley

• Mary Stewart

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  Mary Stewart

  Castaway · 21 April 1969·Roy Plomley

• Hetty King

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  Hetty King

  Hetty King on hiding under her mother’s crinoline to avoid the school board

  Castaway · 14 April 1969·Roy Plomley

• Sir Alec Rose

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  Sir Alec Rose

  Alec Rose on the soul-destroying whine of rigging

  Castaway · 7 April 1969·Roy Plomley

• Jill Bennett

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  Jill Bennett

  Castaway · 31 March 1969·Roy Plomley

• Lady Diana Cooper

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  Lady Diana Cooper

  Castaway · 24 March 1969·Roy Plomley

• L Marsland Gander

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  L Marsland Gander

  Castaway · 17 March 1969·Roy Plomley

• Mary Wilson

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  Mary Wilson

  Mary Wilson on building a giant signal fire from leaves and sticks

  Castaway · 10 March 1969·Roy Plomley

• Zena Skinner

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  Zena Skinner

  Castaway · 3 March 1969·Roy Plomley

• Angus Wilson

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  Angus Wilson

  Castaway · 24 February 1969·Roy Plomley

• Edward Downes

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  Edward Downes

  Edward Downes on prompting Maria Callas in her debut

  Castaway · 17 February 1969·Roy Plomley

• Hylda Baker

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  Hylda Baker

  Castaway · 12 February 1969·Roy Plomley

• Lord David Cecil

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  Lord David Cecil

  David Cecil on his first book, The Stricken Deer

  Castaway · 3 February 1969·Roy Plomley

• Maggie Fitzgibbon

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  Maggie Fitzgibbon

  Maggie Fitzgibbon on being discovered while singing under the shower

  Castaway · 27 January 1969·Roy Plomley

• Maurice Jacobson

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  Maurice Jacobson

  Castaway · 20 January 1969·Roy Plomley

• Alan Pegler

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  Alan Pegler

  Alan Pegler on his decision to buy the Flying Scotsman to save it from extinction

  Castaway · 13 January 1969·Roy Plomley

• Heather Harper

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  Heather Harper

  Castaway · 6 January 1969·Roy Plomley

• Bob Braithwaite

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  Bob Braithwaite

  Castaway · 30 December 1968·Roy Plomley

• Rosea Kemp

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  Rosea Kemp

  Rosea Kemp on feeling like a fish blowing bubbles

  Castaway · 25 December 1968·Roy Plomley

• Arthur Askey

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  Arthur Askey

  How thin walls helped Arthur Askey learn the piano

  Castaway · 23 December 1968·Roy Plomley