1661 episodes

• 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

• 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