496 episodes

• Jack Warner

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  Jack Warner

  Jack Warner on being mistaken for a real policeman

  Castaway · 19 November 1962·Roy Plomley

• Dr Robert Stopford

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  Dr Robert Stopford

  Castaway · 12 November 1962·Roy Plomley

• Val Gielgud

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  Val Gielgud

  Castaway · 10 November 1962·Roy Plomley

• George Shearing

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  George Shearing

  George Shearing on his 'No, not yet' response to a question about blindness

  Castaway · 5 November 1962·Roy Plomley

• Pamela Hansford-Johnson

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  Pamela Hansford-Johnson

  How Pamela Hansford-Johnson avoided writing about herself for 25 years

  Castaway · 29 October 1962·Roy Plomley

• Norman Tucker

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  Norman Tucker

  Castaway · 22 October 1962·Roy Plomley

• Fanny

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  Fanny and Johnnie Cradock

  Castaway · 15 October 1962·Roy Plomley

• Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies

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  Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies

  Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies on working with Thomas Hardy on the 'Tess' script

  Castaway · 8 October 1962·Roy Plomley

• Antony Hopkins

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  Antony Hopkins

  Antony Hopkins on a holiday that opened a floodgate of music

  Castaway · 1 October 1962·Roy Plomley

• Peter Jones

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  Peter Jones

  Castaway · 24 September 1962·Roy Plomley

• L. Hugh Newman

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  L. Hugh Newman

  Castaway · 17 September 1962·Roy Plomley

• Stanley Unwin

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  Stanley Unwin

  How playing a Chinaman in a wartime panto sparked Stanley Unwin's nonsense language

  Castaway · 10 September 1962·Roy Plomley

• R F Delderfield

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  R F Delderfield

  Castaway · 3 September 1962·Roy Plomley

• Mario del Monaco

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  Mario del Monaco

  Castaway · 27 August 1962·Roy Plomley

• Edith Day

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  Edith Day

  Castaway · 20 August 1962·Roy Plomley

• Lionel Tertis

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  Lionel Tertis

  Lionel Tertis on the first moment he played the viola and loved it

  Castaway · 13 August 1962·Roy Plomley

• Charlie Chester

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  Charlie Chester

  Castaway · 6 August 1962·Roy Plomley

• Merfyn Turner

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  Merfyn Turner

  Castaway · 30 July 1962·Roy Plomley

• Paul Rogers

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  Paul Rogers

  Castaway · 23 July 1962·Roy Plomley

• Stephen Spender

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  Stephen Spender

  Stephen Spender on his father reading him Wordsworth in the Lake District at age nine

  Castaway · 9 July 1962·Roy Plomley

• Franklin Engelmann

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  Franklin Engelmann

  Castaway · 2 July 1962·Roy Plomley

• John Allegro

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  John Allegro

  John Allegro on the Bedouin disappointed to find scrolls not treasure

  Castaway · 25 June 1962·Roy Plomley

• Giovanni Martinelli

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  Giovanni Martinelli

  Giovanni Martinelli on his bandmaster discovering his voice in the army

  Castaway · 18 June 1962·Roy Plomley

• Alistair Cooke

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  Alistair Cooke

  Castaway · 11 June 1962·Roy Plomley

• Eric Hosking

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  Eric Hosking

  Eric Hosking on photographing the tawny owl that took his eye

  Castaway · 4 June 1962·Roy Plomley

• Sir Alan Cobham

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  Sir Alan Cobham

  Castaway · 28 May 1962·Roy Plomley

• Leslie Crowther

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  Leslie Crowther

  Castaway · 7 May 1962·Roy Plomley

• Christina Foyle

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  Christina Foyle

  Castaway · 30 April 1962·Roy Plomley

• Robert Morley

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  Robert Morley

  Robert Morley on seeing Esme Percy in an empty theatre at twelve

  Castaway · 23 April 1962·Roy Plomley

• Sidney Nolan

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  Sidney Nolan

  Sidney Nolan on his first job painting illuminated signs on glass

  Castaway · 21 April 1962·Roy Plomley

• Billy Butlin

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  Billy Butlin

  Castaway · 16 April 1962·Roy Plomley

• Leslie Phillips

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  Leslie Phillips

  Castaway · 9 April 1962·Roy Plomley

• Frank Launder

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  Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat

  Castaway · 2 April 1962·Roy Plomley

• Raymond Glendenning

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  Raymond Glendenning

  Raymond Glendenning on his co-commentator being a 'dying duck in a thunderstorm'

  Castaway · 26 March 1962·Roy Plomley

• Louis Kentner

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  Louis Kentner

  Castaway · 19 March 1962·Roy Plomley

• Colonel A D Wintle

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  Colonel A D Wintle

  How a 13-day hunger strike led A D Wintle to demand dinner at seven

  Castaway · 12 March 1962·Roy Plomley

• Irene Handl

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  Irene Handl

  Castaway · 5 March 1962·Roy Plomley

• H E Bates

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  H E Bates

  Castaway · 26 February 1962·Roy Plomley

• Frank Chacksfield

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  Frank Chacksfield

  Castaway · 19 February 1962·Roy Plomley

• Kay Cavendish

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  Kay Cavendish

  Castaway · 5 February 1962·Roy Plomley

• Sir John Gielgud

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  Sir John Gielgud

  John Gielgud on his bargain with his father to try acting until age 25

  Castaway · 29 January 1962·Roy Plomley

• Ken Sykora

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  Ken Sykora

  Ken Sykora on telling his students his guitarist persona was his twin brother

  Castaway · 22 January 1962·Roy Plomley

• Stuart Hibberd

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  Stuart Hibberd

  Castaway · 15 January 1962·Roy Plomley

• Hughie Green

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  Hughie Green

  Castaway · 8 January 1962·Roy Plomley

• James Gunn RA

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  James Gunn RA

  James Gunn on being the last guest in Downing Street

  Castaway · 1 January 1962·Roy Plomley

• Gracie Fields

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  Gracie Fields

  Gracie Fields on sitting on a step and singing for pennies

  Castaway · 25 December 1961·Roy Plomley

• Bob Hope

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  Bob Hope

  Bob Hope on discovering Judy Garland on his toothpaste show

  Castaway · 18 December 1961·Roy Plomley

• Sir Michael Balcon

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  Sir Michael Balcon

  Castaway · 11 December 1961·Roy Plomley

• Paul Gallico

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  Paul Gallico

  Castaway · 4 December 1961·Roy Plomley

• Virgil Thomson

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  Virgil Thomson

  Castaway · 20 November 1961·Roy Plomley