485 episodes

• Sari Barabas

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  Sari Barabas

  Castaway · 17 October 1970·Roy Plomley

• Lynn Redgrave

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  Lynn Redgrave

  Castaway · 10 October 1970·Roy Plomley

• Carrie Tubb

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  Carrie Tubb

  Castaway · 3 October 1970·Roy Plomley

• Harry Carpenter

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  Harry Carpenter

  Harry Carpenter on deciding to avoid his father's fish business

  Castaway · 26 September 1970·Roy Plomley

• Helen Watts

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  Helen Watts

  Helen Watts on the fear of a desert island without music

  Castaway · 12 September 1970·Roy Plomley

• Ellen Pollock

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  Ellen Pollock

  Ellen Pollock on wanting to be Sarah Bernhardt's niece

  Castaway · 5 September 1970·Roy Plomley

• Dick Emery

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  Dick Emery

  Dick Emery on going on tour when he was three weeks old

  Castaway · 29 August 1970·Roy Plomley

• Freya Stark

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  Freya Stark

  Castaway · 22 August 1970·Roy Plomley

• Erich Leinsdorf

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  Erich Leinsdorf

  Erich Leinsdorf on a prima donna's attempt to choose the conductor at the Met

  Castaway · 15 August 1970·Roy Plomley

• Joan Hammond

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  Joan Hammond

  Joan Hammond on her wig getting stuck on a cherry tree branch on stage

  Castaway · 25 July 1970·Roy Plomley

• Barbara Cartland

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  Barbara Cartland

  Castaway · 11 July 1970·Roy Plomley

• Ida Haendel

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  Ida Haendel

  Castaway · 20 June 1970·Roy Plomley

• Barbara Windsor

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  Barbara Windsor

  Barbara Windsor on being told to get rid of her cockney accent

  Castaway · 13 June 1970·Roy Plomley

• Monica Dickens

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  Monica Dickens

  Castaway · 6 June 1970·Roy Plomley

• Keith Michell

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  Keith Michell

  Keith Michell on seeing Olivier's Richard III and deciding to become an actor

  Castaway · 30 May 1970·Roy Plomley

• Andy Stewart

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  Andy Stewart

  Castaway · 23 May 1970·Roy Plomley

• Graham Usher

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  Graham Usher

  Graham Usher on dancing the Bluebird in Sleeping Beauty

  Castaway · 16 May 1970·Roy Plomley

• Carol Channing

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  Carol Channing

  Castaway · 9 May 1970·Roy Plomley

• Gina Cigna

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  Gina Cigna

  Gina Cigna on the bus crash that ended her singing career

  Castaway · 2 May 1970·Roy Plomley

• Sir Gavin De Beer

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  Sir Gavin De Beer

  Castaway · 25 April 1970·Roy Plomley

• James Lockhart

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  James Lockhart

  Castaway · 18 April 1970·Roy Plomley

• Deryck Guyler

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  Deryck Guyler

  Castaway · 11 April 1970·Roy Plomley

• Sheridan Russell

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  Sheridan Russell

  How Sheridan Russell brought humane slaughter to Italian slaughterhouses

  Castaway · 4 April 1970·Roy Plomley

• Nyree Dawn Porter

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  Nyree Dawn Porter

  Nyree Dawn Porter on changing the spelling of her Maori name from Ngaire

  Castaway · 28 March 1970·Roy Plomley

• Judy Hashman

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  Judy Hashman

  Castaway · 21 March 1970·Roy Plomley

• Richard Chamberlain

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  Richard Chamberlain

  How the musical Breakfast at Tiffany's flopped disastrously for Richard Chamberlain

  Castaway · 14 March 1970·Roy Plomley

• Dr Roy Strong

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  Dr Roy Strong

  Roy Strong on buying a long-lost portrait of Milton for £22

  Castaway · 7 March 1970·Roy Plomley

• Richard Church

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  Richard Church

  Castaway · 21 February 1970·Roy Plomley

• Frank Gillard

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  Frank Gillard

  Castaway · 14 February 1970·Roy Plomley

• Isidore Godfrey

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  Isidore Godfrey

  Isidore Godfrey on singing Hell's Persia to the Sarsi Indians

  Castaway · 7 February 1970·Roy Plomley

• Stanley Baxter

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  Stanley Baxter

  Castaway · 31 January 1970·Roy Plomley

• Professor A S C Ross

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  Professor A S C Ross

  Castaway · 24 January 1970·Roy Plomley

• Val Doonican

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  Val Doonican

  Val Doonican on asking the BBC head of Light Music for a radio series with no work lined up

  Castaway · 17 January 1970·Roy Plomley

• Leonard Sachs

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  Leonard Sachs

  Castaway · 10 January 1970·Roy Plomley

• Fyfe Robertson

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  Fyfe Robertson

  How Fyfe Robertson cooked his age by three years to become a senior reporter with a motorbike

  Castaway · 3 January 1970·Roy Plomley