496 episodes

• Bernard Cribbins

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  Bernard Cribbins

  Castaway · 7 October 1963·Roy Plomley

• Group Captain Leonard Cheshire

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  Group Captain Leonard Cheshire

  Castaway · 23 September 1963·Roy Plomley

• Norman del Mar

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  Norman del Mar

  Castaway · 16 September 1963·Roy Plomley

• Raymond Baxter

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  Raymond Baxter

  Castaway · 9 September 1963·Roy Plomley

• Sophie Tucker

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  Sophie Tucker

  Sophie Tucker on falling flat on her backside and becoming a comedian

  Castaway · 1 September 1963·Roy Plomley

• Dr Reginald Jacques

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  Dr Reginald Jacques

  Castaway · 26 August 1963·Roy Plomley

• Scobie Breasley

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  Scobie Breasley

  Castaway · 24 August 1963·Roy Plomley

• Graham Hill

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  Graham Hill

  Castaway · 19 August 1963·Roy Plomley

• Sir Charles MacLean

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  Sir Charles MacLean

  Charles MacLean on the autograph that was the first six bars of Fingal's Cave

  Castaway · 12 August 1963·Roy Plomley

• Ian Fleming

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  Ian Fleming

  How the agony of getting married drove Ian Fleming to write his first spy novel

  Castaway · 5 August 1963·Roy Plomley

• Carleton Hobbs

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  Carleton Hobbs

  Carleton Hobbs on telling Shaw he disliked Mrs Warren's Profession

  Castaway · 27 July 1963·Roy Plomley

• Vivienne

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  Vivienne

  Castaway · 22 July 1963·Roy Plomley

• Geraint Evans

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  Geraint Evans

  Castaway · 15 July 1963·Roy Plomley

• Ken Dodd

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  Ken Dodd

  Ken Dodd on wandering onto stage without trousers at age two

  Castaway · 13 July 1963·Roy Plomley

• Juliette Greco

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  Juliette Greco

  Juliette Greco on going to jail because 'they picked me'

  Castaway · 8 July 1963·Roy Plomley

• Boyd Neel

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  Boyd Neel

  Castaway · 1 July 1963·Roy Plomley

• Joe Loss

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  Joe Loss

  Castaway · 17 June 1963·Roy Plomley

• Eva Bartok

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  Eva Bartok

  Castaway · 10 June 1963·Roy Plomley

• Barry Bucknell

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  Barry Bucknell

  Castaway · 3 June 1963·Roy Plomley

• Birgit Nilsson

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  Birgit Nilsson

  Birgit Nilsson on learning a role in three days and bringing a half dozen handkerchiefs

  Castaway · 27 May 1963·Roy Plomley

• Rowland Emmett

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  Rowland Emmett

  Castaway · 20 May 1963·Roy Plomley

• Rowland Emett

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  Rowland Emett

  Rowland Emett on sending a spiteful drawing to Punch

  Castaway · 20 May 1963·Roy Plomley

• Frank Worrell

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  Frank Worrell

  Castaway · 13 May 1963·Roy Plomley

• Professor L Dudley

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  Professor L Dudley

  Castaway · 6 May 1963·Roy Plomley

• Professor L Dudley Stamp

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  Professor L Dudley Stamp

  L Dudley Stamp on why we still fish like Stone Age hunters

  Castaway · 6 May 1963·Roy Plomley

• Vivienne Chatterton

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  Vivienne Chatterton

  Castaway · 27 April 1963·Roy Plomley

• Marjorie Proops

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  Marjorie Proops

  Castaway · 22 April 1963·Roy Plomley

• David Frost

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  David Frost

  David Frost on his childhood terror of missionaries because of leprosy

  Castaway · 15 April 1963·Roy Plomley

• Ted Willis

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  Ted Willis

  Ted Willis on being the only man called up twice for the army

  Castaway · 8 April 1963·Roy Plomley

• Sir Harry Whitlohn

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  Sir Harry Whitlohn

  Castaway · 1 April 1963·Roy Plomley

• Leslie Gilbert Illingworth

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  Leslie Gilbert Illingworth

  Leslie Illingworth on opening his father's bound volumes of Punch

  Castaway · 25 March 1963·Roy Plomley

• Dudley Perkins

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  Dudley Perkins

  Castaway · 18 March 1963·Roy Plomley

• Arthur Haynes

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  Arthur Haynes

  Castaway · 11 March 1963·Roy Plomley

• Percy Thrower

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  Percy Thrower

  Castaway · 4 March 1963·Roy Plomley

• Cyril Ornadel

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  Cyril Ornadel

  Castaway · 25 February 1963·Roy Plomley

• Quentin Reynolds

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  Quentin Reynolds

  Castaway · 18 February 1963·Roy Plomley

• Michael Bentine

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  Michael Bentine

  Michael Bentine on being arrested as a deserter to join the RAF

  Castaway · 11 February 1963·Roy Plomley

• Sir Learie Constantine

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  Sir Learie Constantine

  Castaway · 4 February 1963·Roy Plomley

• Noel Coward

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  Noel Coward

  Noel Coward on being taken to the theatre by his mamma on his birthday from age five

  Castaway · 28 January 1963·Roy Plomley

• Richard Lewis

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  Richard Lewis

  Castaway · 21 January 1963·Roy Plomley

• Gerry Lee

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  Gerry Lee

  Gerry Lee on the time a ten-foot leap through a window went badly wrong

  Castaway · 19 January 1963·Roy Plomley

• Basil Boothroyd

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  Basil Boothroyd

  Basil Boothroyd on Punch asking him to quit the bank

  Castaway · 14 January 1963·Roy Plomley

• Dorothy Squires

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  Dorothy Squires

  Castaway · 7 January 1963·Roy Plomley

• George Mitchell

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  George Mitchell

  George Mitchell on starting a choir with four or five people round a piano

  Castaway · 31 December 1962·Roy Plomley

• Clarkson Rose

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  Clarkson Rose

  Castaway · 24 December 1962·Roy Plomley

• Lord George Sanger

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  Lord George Sanger

  How George Sanger was frightened to death of his grandfather

  Castaway · 22 December 1962·Roy Plomley

• A G Street

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  A G Street

  A G Street on writing his first article with a stump of pencil while recovering from influenza

  Castaway · 17 December 1962·Roy Plomley

• Acker Bilk

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  Acker Bilk

  Acker Bilk on commandeering a clarinet in Egypt

  Castaway · 10 December 1962·Roy Plomley

• Anna Russell

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  Anna Russell

  How being "one of the plainer ones" made Anna Russell a comic

  Castaway · 3 December 1962·Roy Plomley

• Peter Saunders

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  Peter Saunders

  Castaway · 26 November 1962·Roy Plomley