496 episodes

• Professor Asa Briggs

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  Professor Asa Briggs

  Castaway · 16 December 1968·Roy Plomley

• Des Wilson

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  Des Wilson

  Castaway · 9 December 1968·Roy Plomley

• Sandy Powell

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  Sandy Powell

  Sandy Powell on the accidental origin of 'Can you hear me, Mother?'

  Castaway · 25 November 1968·Roy Plomley

• Lieutenant Colonel C H Jaeger

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  Lieutenant Colonel C H Jaeger

  C H Jaeger on playing the trumpets at the 1937 coronation

  Castaway · 18 November 1968·Roy Plomley

• Sir Paul Gore-Booth

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  Sir Paul Gore-Booth

  How a quiet Sherlock Holmes trip to Switzerland became a world story for Paul Gore-Booth

  Castaway · 13 November 1968·Roy Plomley

• Dan Maskell

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  Dan Maskell

  Castaway · 11 November 1968·Roy Plomley

• Richard Baker

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  Richard Baker

  Richard Baker on being asked to recite Macaulay during a Mozart Requiem

  Castaway · 28 October 1968·Roy Plomley

• Barbara Murray

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  Barbara Murray

  Castaway · 21 October 1968·Roy Plomley

• Raymond Postgate

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  Raymond Postgate

  Castaway · 14 October 1968·Roy Plomley

• Billy Russell

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  Billy Russell

  How a precocious little brat got Billy Russell into show business

  Castaway · 7 October 1968·Roy Plomley

• Marty Feldman

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  Marty Feldman

  Marty Feldman on firing arrows into a fake Red Indian's stomach

  Castaway · 23 September 1968·Roy Plomley

• Richard Rodney Bennett

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  Richard Rodney Bennett

  Richard Rodney Bennett on learning jazz to defend himself at school

  Castaway · 9 September 1968·Roy Plomley

• Carlo Maria Giulini

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  Carlo Maria Giulini

  Carlo Maria Giulini on his first concert after the liberation of Rome

  Castaway · 19 August 1968·Roy Plomley

• Sir Francis McLean

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  Sir Francis McLean

  Francis McLean on entering Paris on the day it was liberated

  Castaway · 12 August 1968·Roy Plomley

• Louis Armstrong

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  Louis Armstrong

  Louis Armstrong on being sent to an orphanage for shooting his father’s gun on New Year’s Eve

  Castaway · 5 August 1968·Roy Plomley

• Francis Durbridge

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  Francis Durbridge

  Castaway · 8 July 1968·Roy Plomley

• Sir Gilbert Inglefield

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  Sir Gilbert Inglefield

  Castaway · 1 July 1968·Roy Plomley

• Eleanor Bron

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  Eleanor Bron

  Eleanor Bron on realising there was nothing on the other side of the wall

  Castaway · 24 June 1968·Roy Plomley

• Colin Cowdrey

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  Colin Cowdrey

  Castaway · 10 June 1968·Roy Plomley

• Sir Gordon Russell

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  Sir Gordon Russell

  How walking down the main street of Chipping Camden taught Gordon Russell more than school

  Castaway · 3 June 1968·Roy Plomley

• Trevor Nunn

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  Trevor Nunn

  Trevor Nunn on having actors play ballgames before rehearsal

  Castaway · 20 May 1968·Roy Plomley

• Leslie Sarony

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  Leslie Sarony

  Castaway · 13 May 1968·Roy Plomley

• Sir Nicholas Sekers

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  Sir Nicholas Sekers

  Castaway · 22 April 1968·Roy Plomley

• Dame Maggie Teyte

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  Dame Maggie Teyte

  Maggie Teyte on being told she was forgotten in America

  Castaway · 15 April 1968·Roy Plomley

• Russell Braddon

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  Russell Braddon

  Russell Braddon on the Piddingtons' Tower of London stunt

  Castaway · 8 April 1968·Roy Plomley

• Alfie Bass

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  Alfie Bass

  Alfie Bass on seeing Fiddler on the Roof just once before taking over from Topol

  Castaway · 1 April 1968·Roy Plomley

• Jon Vickers

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  Jon Vickers

  Jon Vickers on the ball he bounced on a nail that his father thought he'd broken on purpose

  Castaway · 23 March 1968·Roy Plomley

• T Dan Smith

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  T Dan Smith

  Castaway · 16 March 1968·Roy Plomley

• Archie Camden

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  Archie Camden

  Castaway · 9 March 1968·Roy Plomley

• Rosalinde Fuller

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  Rosalinde Fuller

  Castaway · 2 March 1968·Roy Plomley

• C Day Lewis

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  C Day Lewis

  Castaway · 24 February 1968·Roy Plomley

• Bill Boorne

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  Bill Boorne

  Castaway · 17 February 1968·Roy Plomley

• Marilyn Horne

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  Marilyn Horne

  Castaway · 10 February 1968·Roy Plomley

• Susan Hampshire

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  Susan Hampshire

  Susan Hampshire on playing a nymphomaniac in her husband's film

  Castaway · 3 February 1968·Roy Plomley

• John Mortimer

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  John Mortimer

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

  Castaway · 20 January 1968·Roy Plomley

• John Williams

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  John Williams

  Castaway · 13 January 1968·Roy Plomley

• Ann Mallalieu

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  Ann Mallalieu

  Castaway · 30 December 1967·Roy Plomley

• Colin Davis

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  Colin Davis

  Castaway · 25 December 1967·Roy Plomley

• Dame Gladys Cooper

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  Dame Gladys Cooper

  Gladys Cooper on pretending to be Mary Hennessy to get her first stage role

  Castaway · 23 December 1967·Roy Plomley

• Robert Merrill

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  Robert Merrill

  Castaway · 16 December 1967·Roy Plomley

• Rt Hon. Sir Edward Boyle

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  Rt Hon. Sir Edward Boyle

  Castaway · 9 December 1967·Roy Plomley

• Reverend Dr P B Clayton

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  Reverend Dr P B Clayton

  Castaway · 2 December 1967·Roy Plomley

• Jacques Loussier

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  Jacques Loussier

  Jacques Loussier on leaving the Conservatoire because of twenty prize winners each year

  Castaway · 25 November 1967·Roy Plomley

• Irene Worth

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  Irene Worth

  Irene Worth on leaving America to learn Shakespeare in England

  Castaway · 18 November 1967·Roy Plomley

• Sir Hugh Casson

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  Sir Hugh Casson

  Castaway · 4 November 1967·Roy Plomley

• Denis Matthews

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  Denis Matthews

  Denis Matthews on first hearing Bach's St Matthew Passion at school in 1933

  Castaway · 28 October 1967·Roy Plomley

• Professor Sir Denis Brogan

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  Professor Sir Denis Brogan

  Denis Brogan on writing a letter while answering a Round Britain Quiz question

  Castaway · 21 October 1967·Roy Plomley

• Kenneth Wolstenholme

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  Kenneth Wolstenholme

  Castaway · 14 October 1967·Roy Plomley

• André Previn

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  André Previn

  André Previn on being happiest to get away from the telephone

  Castaway · 7 October 1967·Roy Plomley

• Roy Castle

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  Roy Castle

  Castaway · 30 September 1967·Roy Plomley