485 episodes

• Sir Robert Mark

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  Sir Robert Mark

  Robert Mark on his four months on night duty in the slums of Manchester

  Castaway · 28 February 1976·Roy Plomley

• Tim Rice

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  Tim Rice

  Tim Rice on his first success Joseph starting as a ten-minute prep school concert

  Castaway · 21 February 1976·Roy Plomley

• Luciano Pavarotti

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  Luciano Pavarotti

  Luciano Pavarotti on not being able to imagine himself alone for more than a day

  Castaway · 14 February 1976·Roy Plomley

• Lynn Seymour

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  Lynn Seymour

  Lynn Seymour on being bowled over by a dancer after watching The Red Shoes

  Castaway · 7 February 1976·Roy Plomley

• Ronnie Scott

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  Ronnie Scott

  How Ronnie Scott chose a saxophone over an inflatable Faye Dunaway doll

  Castaway · 31 January 1976·Roy Plomley

• Gavin Lyall

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  Gavin Lyall

  Gavin Lyall on not eating a polar bear's liver

  Castaway · 24 January 1976·Roy Plomley

• Noel Streatfeild

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  Noel Streatfeild

  How a flash of inspiration at the Barrier Reef made Noel Streatfeild a novelist

  Castaway · 17 January 1976·Roy Plomley

• Sherrill Milnes

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  Sherrill Milnes

  Sherrill Milnes on building something substantial to escape a desert island

  Castaway · 10 January 1976·Roy Plomley

• Julia Foster

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  Julia Foster

  Julia Foster on winning a poetry competition at Brighton Dome aged 13

  Castaway · 3 January 1976·Roy Plomley

• Bing Crosby

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  Bing Crosby

  Bing Crosby on quitting law school to play in a band at a Chinese restaurant

  Castaway · 27 December 1975·Roy Plomley

• Margaret Price

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  Margaret Price

  Margaret Price on quarrelling with James Lockhart at her Covent Garden audition

  Castaway · 13 December 1975·Roy Plomley

• Frederick Forsyth

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  Frederick Forsyth

  Castaway · 6 December 1975·Roy Plomley

• Ron Moody

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  Ron Moody

  How Alec Guinness's plastic nose worried Ron Moody about playing Fagin

  Castaway · 29 November 1975·Roy Plomley

• Graham Thomas

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  Graham Thomas

  Graham Thomas on his godfather giving him a fuchsia at age six

  Castaway · 22 November 1975·Roy Plomley

• Vince Hill

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  Vince Hill

  How a year down the coal mines helped Vince Hill avoid the army

  Castaway · 15 November 1975·Roy Plomley

• William Frankel

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  William Frankel

  Castaway · 1 November 1975·Roy Plomley

• Stanley Holloway

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  Stanley Holloway

  Stanley Holloway on his first job taking his boss's head to be ironed

  Castaway · 25 October 1975·Roy Plomley

• John Julius Norwich

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  John Julius Norwich

  John Julius Norwich on attending the Nuremberg trials as a schoolboy

  Castaway · 18 October 1975·Roy Plomley

• Doris Hare

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  Doris Hare

  Doris Hare on making her stage debut aged three weeks

  Castaway · 11 October 1975·Roy Plomley

• Paul Jennings

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  Paul Jennings

  Castaway · 4 October 1975·Roy Plomley

• Lord Carrington

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  Lord Carrington

  Castaway · 27 September 1975·Roy Plomley

• Bevis Hillier

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  Bevis Hillier

  Castaway · 20 September 1975·Roy Plomley

• Alec Waugh

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  Alec Waugh

  Castaway · 6 September 1975·Roy Plomley

• Jimmy Jewel

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  Jimmy Jewel

  Castaway · 30 August 1975·Roy Plomley

• Robert Robinson

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  Robert Robinson

  Robert Robinson on comparing a desert island to a stuck lift

  Castaway · 16 August 1975·Roy Plomley

• Jean Simmons

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  Jean Simmons

  Castaway · 9 August 1975·Roy Plomley

• C P Snow

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  C P Snow

  C P Snow on conceiving his novel series at 8.30pm on 1 January 1935

  Castaway · 2 August 1975·Roy Plomley

• Anthony Dowell

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  Anthony Dowell

  Anthony Dowell on starting ballet at age four at the Hampshire School

  Castaway · 26 July 1975·Roy Plomley

• James Herriot

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  James Herriot

  Castaway · 19 July 1975·Roy Plomley

• Dave Allen

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  Dave Allen

  Dave Allen on making a child disappear by moving two paces

  Castaway · 12 July 1975·Roy Plomley

• Helen Bradley

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  Helen Bradley

  How Helen Bradley painted with a fish slice and a dinner plate

  Castaway · 5 July 1975·Roy Plomley

• David Hemmings

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  David Hemmings

  Castaway · 28 June 1975·Roy Plomley

• Sir Maurice Yonge

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  Sir Maurice Yonge

  Castaway · 21 June 1975·Roy Plomley

• Sammy Cahn

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  Sammy Cahn

  Castaway · 14 June 1975·Roy Plomley

• Norman St John-Stevas

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  Norman St John-Stevas

  Castaway · 7 June 1975·Roy Plomley

• Tom Hustler

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  Tom Hustler

  Castaway · 31 May 1975·Roy Plomley

• Gordon Jackson

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  Gordon Jackson

  Castaway · 24 May 1975·Roy Plomley

• John Arlott

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  John Arlott

  How knowing how to pronounce Indian names launched John Arlott's commentary career

  Castaway · 17 May 1975·Roy Plomley

• Ben Travers

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  Ben Travers

  Ben Travers on being too sorry for a fish to keep it

  Castaway · 10 May 1975·Roy Plomley

• Matt Monro

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  Matt Monro

  Castaway · 3 May 1975·Roy Plomley

• John Hillaby

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  John Hillaby

  Castaway · 26 April 1975·Roy Plomley

• Patricia Hayes

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  Patricia Hayes

  Patricia Hayes on a down-and-out woman asking to sit on her lap

  Castaway · 19 April 1975·Roy Plomley

• Sir John Betjeman

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  Sir John Betjeman

  John Betjeman on reciting his poetry in the bath

  Castaway · 12 April 1975·Roy Plomley

• Lionel Blair

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  Lionel Blair

  Castaway · 5 April 1975·Roy Plomley

• Stanley Dangerfield

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  Stanley Dangerfield

  Castaway · 29 March 1975·Roy Plomley

• Eric Thompson

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  Eric Thompson

  Castaway · 22 March 1975·Roy Plomley

• Duncan Grant

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  Duncan Grant

  Castaway · 15 March 1975·Roy Plomley

• Jilly Cooper

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  Jilly Cooper

  How Jilly Cooper lost 50,000 words of a novel on a bus

  Castaway · 8 March 1975·Roy Plomley

• John Conteh

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  John Conteh

  Castaway · 1 March 1975·Roy Plomley

• Valerie Masterson

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  Valerie Masterson

  Valerie Masterson on how her father's stories inspired her love of theatre

  Castaway · 22 February 1975·Roy Plomley