485 episodes

• Emlyn Williams

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  Emlyn Williams

  How a biography of Charles Dickens led Emlyn Williams to create a one-man show

  Castaway · 15 February 1975·Roy Plomley

• Bernard Hailstone

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  Bernard Hailstone

  Bernard Hailstone on debating the Loch Ness Monster with Winston Churchill

  Castaway · 25 January 1975·Roy Plomley

• Alan Civil

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  Alan Civil

  Castaway · 4 January 1975·Roy Plomley

• Percy Press

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  Percy Press

  How a window display inspired Percy Press to modernise Punch and Judy

  Castaway · 28 December 1974·Roy Plomley

• Angela Baddeley

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  Angela Baddeley

  Angela Baddeley on her first role as a little orphan girl in a dreadful melodrama

  Castaway · 21 December 1974·Roy Plomley

• Betty Kenward

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  Betty Kenward

  Castaway · 14 December 1974·Roy Plomley

• P J Kavanagh

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  P J Kavanagh

  Castaway · 7 December 1974·Roy Plomley

• Oliver Reed

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  Oliver Reed

  Oliver Reed on wanting to be an ice hockey player called Chick Zamic

  Castaway · 30 November 1974·Roy Plomley

• Bruce Tulloh

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  Bruce Tulloh

  Bruce Tulloh on getting the idea to run across America from the Guinness Book of Records

  Castaway · 23 November 1974·Roy Plomley

• Robin Ray

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  Robin Ray

  Castaway · 16 November 1974·Roy Plomley

• Elisabeth Frink

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  Elisabeth Frink

  Castaway · 9 November 1974·Roy Plomley

• Alan Ayckbourn

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  Alan Ayckbourn

  Castaway · 2 November 1974·Roy Plomley

• Dr Magnus Pyke

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  Dr Magnus Pyke

  Castaway · 26 October 1974·Roy Plomley

• Polly James

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  Polly James

  How Polly James was left on the quayside while filming a boat scene

  Castaway · 19 October 1974·Roy Plomley

• William Hardcastle

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  William Hardcastle

  Castaway · 12 October 1974·Roy Plomley

• Cyril Ray

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  Cyril Ray

  Castaway · 5 October 1974·Roy Plomley

• David Munrow

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  David Munrow

  Castaway · 28 September 1974·Roy Plomley

• Denholm Elliott

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  Denholm Elliott

  Denholm Elliott on being told he was wasting his time at RADA

  Castaway · 14 September 1974·Roy Plomley

• Phyllis Barclay-Smith

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  Phyllis Barclay-Smith

  Castaway · 31 August 1974·Roy Plomley

• Dandy Nichols

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  Dandy Nichols

  Castaway · 24 August 1974·Roy Plomley

• Dodie Smith

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  Dodie Smith

  Castaway · 17 August 1974·Roy Plomley

• Michael Levey

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  Michael Levey

  Castaway · 10 August 1974·Roy Plomley

• Roland Culver

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  Roland Culver

  Roland Culver on his two and a half year battle with his father to become an actor

  Castaway · 3 August 1974·Roy Plomley

• Valerie Singleton

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  Valerie Singleton

  Castaway · 27 July 1974·Roy Plomley

• Sir Keith Falkner

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  Sir Keith Falkner

  Castaway · 20 July 1974·Roy Plomley

• Sheridan Morley

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  Sheridan Morley

  Castaway · 13 July 1974·Roy Plomley

• Richard Walker

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  Richard Walker

  Richard Walker on starting fishing at the age of four with his grandfather

  Castaway · 6 July 1974·Roy Plomley

• Osian Ellis

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  Osian Ellis

  Castaway · 29 June 1974·Roy Plomley

• Max Wall

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  Max Wall

  Castaway · 22 June 1974·Roy Plomley

• Mark Lubbock

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  Mark Lubbock

  Castaway · 15 June 1974·Roy Plomley

• Leslie Mitchell

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  Leslie Mitchell

  How Leslie Mitchell spoke the first words on television

  Castaway · 1 June 1974·Roy Plomley

• James Stewart

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  James Stewart

  James Stewart on his disastrous debut as an accordion player

  Castaway · 25 May 1974·Roy Plomley

• T C Fairbairn

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  T C Fairbairn

  T C Fairbairn on driving a crane as his first job

  Castaway · 18 May 1974·Roy Plomley

• Antoinette Sibley

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  Antoinette Sibley

  Castaway · 11 May 1974·Roy Plomley

• Arthur Marshall

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  Arthur Marshall

  Castaway · 4 May 1974·Roy Plomley

• David Dimbleby

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  David Dimbleby

  David Dimbleby on receiving letters that say his father would be ashamed of him

  Castaway · 27 April 1974·Roy Plomley

• Dr Thor Heyerdahl

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  Dr Thor Heyerdahl

  Castaway · 13 April 1974·Roy Plomley

• John Major

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  John & Roy Boulting

  Castaway · 6 April 1974·Roy Plomley

• Philip Hope-Wallace

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  Philip Hope-Wallace

  How Philip Hope-Wallace was laughed at for naming Handel and Verdi as favourite composers at Oxford

  Castaway · 30 March 1974·Roy Plomley

• Edward Woodward

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  Edward Woodward

  Castaway · 23 March 1974·Roy Plomley

• Brian Johnston

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  Brian Johnston

  How asking about the butter ration in Oxford Street got Brian Johnston into the BBC

  Castaway · 16 March 1974·Roy Plomley

• Eileen Fowler

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  Eileen Fowler

  Castaway · 9 March 1974·Roy Plomley

• Maureen O'Sullivan

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  Maureen O'Sullivan

  Castaway · 2 March 1974·Roy Plomley

• Eddie Waring

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  Eddie Waring

  Eddie Waring on being the first rugby league writer to tour Australia in 1946

  Castaway · 23 February 1974·Roy Plomley

• Roy Fox

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  Roy Fox

  Roy Fox on naming Jean Harlow

  Castaway · 16 February 1974·Roy Plomley

• Brian Inglis

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  Brian Inglis

  Brian Inglis on the war coming mercifully to spare him from deciding his career

  Castaway · 9 February 1974·Roy Plomley

• John Brooke-Little

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  John Brooke-Little

  Castaway · 26 January 1974·Roy Plomley

• Bernard Haitink

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  Bernard Haitink

  Castaway · 19 January 1974·Roy Plomley

• Sir Terence Rattigan

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  Sir Terence Rattigan

  How a theatrical party got Terence Rattigan sent down from Oxford

  Castaway · 12 January 1974·Roy Plomley

• Dr Jacob Bronowski

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  Dr Jacob Bronowski

  Jacob Bronowski on telling the BBC he didn't mean to make a science series like Kenneth Clark's

  Castaway · 5 January 1974·Roy Plomley