496 episodes

• Nadia Nerina

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  Nadia Nerina

  Nadia Nerina on her nervous breakdown deciding between Giselle and Lady Macbeth

  Castaway · 18 October 1965·Roy Plomley

• Reverend David Sheppard

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  Reverend David Sheppard

  Castaway · 27 September 1965·Roy Plomley

• Ian Hunter

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  Ian Hunter

  Castaway · 13 September 1965·Roy Plomley

• Rae Jenkins

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  Rae Jenkins

  Rae Jenkins on his first public performance at age four in a Welsh chapel

  Castaway · 6 September 1965·Roy Plomley

• William Connor

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  William Connor

  Castaway · 30 August 1965·Roy Plomley

• William Hartnell

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  William Hartnell

  Castaway · 23 August 1965·Roy Plomley

• MacDonald Hastings

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  MacDonald Hastings

  Castaway · 16 August 1965·Roy Plomley

• Harry Corbett

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  Harry Corbett

  Castaway · 9 August 1965·Roy Plomley

• Ambrose

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  Ambrose

  How King George VI asked Ambrose for an encore of the Blue Danube

  Castaway · 2 August 1965·Roy Plomley

• Annie Ross

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  Annie Ross

  Castaway · 26 July 1965·Roy Plomley

• Sir Lewis Casson

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  Sir Lewis Casson

  Lewis Casson on his father’s passion for building organs

  Castaway · 12 July 1965·Roy Plomley

• Mary Stocks

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  Mary Stocks

  How Mary Stocks confused a cricketer's name and foot

  Castaway · 5 July 1965·Roy Plomley

• Maxwell Knight

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  Maxwell Knight

  Castaway · 28 June 1965·Roy Plomley

• Ginette Spanier

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  Ginette Spanier

  Ginette Spanier on fainting from hunger in the street during the war

  Castaway · 21 June 1965·Roy Plomley

• Harold Pinter

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  Harold Pinter

  Castaway · 14 June 1965·Roy Plomley

• Hugh Lloyd

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  Hugh Lloyd

  Hugh Lloyd on his decision never to laugh at his own jokes

  Castaway · 7 June 1965·Roy Plomley

• Maurice Denham

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  Maurice Denham

  Castaway · 5 June 1965·Roy Plomley

• Joseph Szigeti

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  Joseph Szigeti

  How Joseph Szigeti escaped the plane crash that killed Carole Lombard

  Castaway · 31 May 1965·Roy Plomley

• Robert Marx

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  Robert Marx

  Castaway · 24 May 1965·Roy Plomley

• Julian Herbage

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  Julian Herbage

  Castaway · 17 May 1965·Roy Plomley

• Hayley Mills

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  Hayley Mills

  Castaway · 10 May 1965·Roy Plomley

• Bill Shankly

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  Bill Shankly

  Castaway · 26 April 1965·Roy Plomley

• Al Read

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  Al Read

  Al Read on the decorator who told him his wall was bellying

  Castaway · 19 April 1965·Roy Plomley

• Dame Margot Fonteyn

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  Dame Margot Fonteyn

  Margot Fonteyn on seeing her first ballet at the Camargo Society aged 12

  Castaway · 12 April 1965·Roy Plomley

• Dr W E Shewell-Cooper

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  Dr W E Shewell-Cooper

  W E Shewell-Cooper on pressing his first flower book at age five

  Castaway · 10 April 1965·Roy Plomley

• George Baker

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  George Baker

  George Baker on taking to the piano like a duck to water

  Castaway · 5 April 1965·Roy Plomley

• Anatole Grunwald

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  Anatole Grunwald

  Castaway · 29 March 1965·Roy Plomley

• Anatole de Grunwald

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  Anatole de Grunwald

  Anatole de Grunwald on reading for pleasure, not for film inspiration

  Castaway · 29 March 1965·Roy Plomley

• Bert Weedon

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  Bert Weedon

  Castaway · 22 March 1965·Roy Plomley

• Bert Weeden

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  Bert Weeden

  Castaway · 22 March 1965·Roy Plomley

• Sir Richard Woolley

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  Sir Richard Woolley

  Castaway · 15 March 1965·Roy Plomley

• Dick Richards

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  Dick Richards

  Castaway · 8 March 1965·Roy Plomley

• Arthur Fielder

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  Arthur Fielder

  Castaway · 1 March 1965·Roy Plomley

• Arthur Fiedler

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  Arthur Fiedler

  Arthur Fiedler on ringing doorbells to fund free concerts

  Castaway · 1 March 1965·Roy Plomley

• Sir Paul Dukes

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  Sir Paul Dukes

  Paul Dukes on starting life over again at seventy

  Castaway · 22 February 1965·Roy Plomley

• Gale Pedrick

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  Gale Pedrick

  Gale Pedrick on winning a penknife in a Titbits competition

  Castaway · 15 February 1965·Roy Plomley

• Owen Brannigan

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  Owen Brannigan

  How a BBC broadcast made Owen Brannigan a principal bass at Sadler's Wells

  Castaway · 8 February 1965·Roy Plomley

• Sir Basil Spence

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  Sir Basil Spence

  Castaway · 1 February 1965·Roy Plomley

• Frank Ifield

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  Frank Ifield

  Castaway · 18 January 1965·Roy Plomley

• Dawn Addams

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  Dawn Addams

  Castaway · 11 January 1965·Roy Plomley

• Marlene Dietrich

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  Marlene Dietrich

  Marlene Dietrich on giving up the violin because she hated doing things in halves

  Castaway · 4 January 1965·Roy Plomley

• John Clements

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  John Clements

  Castaway · 28 December 1964·Roy Plomley

• Jack de Manio

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  Jack de Manio

  Jack de Manio on winning a music prize for pretending to play the piano

  Castaway · 26 December 1964·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

• Tallulah Bankhead

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  Tallulah Bankhead

  How Tallulah Falls gave Tallulah Bankhead her name

  Castaway · 14 December 1964·Roy Plomley

• George Malcolm

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  George Malcolm

  Castaway · 7 December 1964·Roy Plomley

• Brian Epstein

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  Brian Epstein

  Castaway · 30 November 1964·Roy Plomley

• Frank Phillips

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  Frank Phillips

  Frank Phillips on reading the morning news in his pajamas

  Castaway · 23 November 1964·Roy Plomley

• Honor Blackman

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  Honor Blackman

  Castaway · 16 November 1964·Roy Plomley

• Hardie Ratcliffe

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  Hardie Ratcliffe

  Castaway · 9 November 1964·Roy Plomley