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Guests are invited to choose the eight records they would take to a desert island

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    Dame Moura Lympany

    Sat 28 Jul 1979

    Roy Plomley's castaway is pianist Dame Moura Lympany

  • Dick Clement & Ian La Frenais

    Sat 21 Jul 1979

    Roy Plomley's castaways are scriptwriters Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais

  • C Northcote Parkinson

    Sat 14 Jul 1979

    Roy Plomley's castaway is historian C Northcote Parkinson

  • Glen Tetley

    Sat 7 Jul 1979

    Roy Plomley's castaway is choreographer Glen Tetley

  • Tito Gobbi

    Sat 30 Jun 1979

    Roy Plomley's castaway is baritone Tito Gobbi

  • Ed McBain

    Sat 23 Jun 1979

    Roy Plomley's castaway is the writer Ed McBain

  • Irene Thomas

    Sat 16 Jun 1979

    Roy Plomley's castaway is former Brain Of Britain and radio personality Irene Thomas

  • Ian Carmichael

    Sat 9 Jun 1979

    Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Ian Carmichael

  • Sir Robert Mayer

    Sat 2 Jun 1979

    Roy Plomley's castaway is patron of music Sir Robert Mayer

  • Jack Brymer

    Sat 26 May 1979

    Roy Plomley's castaway is clarinettist Jack Brymer

  • Alec McCowen

    Sat 19 May 1979

    Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Alec McCowen

  • Peter Blake

    Sat 12 May 1979

    Roy Plomley's castaway is artist Peter Blake

  • James Cameron

    Sat 5 May 1979

    Roy Plomley's castaway is journalist James Cameron

  • Edward Fox

    Sat 28 Apr 1979

    Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Edward Fox

  • Patricia Highsmith

    Sat 21 Apr 1979

    Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Patricia Highsmith

  • Sir Edmund Hillary

    Sat 14 Apr 1979

    Roy Plomley's castaway is mountaineer Sir Edmund Hillary

  • Sir Adrian Boult

    Sat 7 Apr 1979

    Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Sir Adrian Boult.

  • Burl Ives

    Sat 31 Mar 1979

    Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Burl Ives

  • Ray Reardon

    Sat 24 Mar 1979

    Roy Plomley's castaway is snooker champion Ray Reardon

  • Ileana Cotrubas

    Sat 17 Mar 1979

    Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Ileana Cotrubas

  • David Attenborough

    Sat 10 Mar 1979

    Roy Plomley's castaway is zoologist David Attenborough

  • Lauren Bacall

    Sat 3 Mar 1979

    Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Lauren Bacall

  • Nana Mouskouri

    Sat 24 Feb 1979

    Roy Plomley's castaway is singer Nana Mouskouri

  • Sir Arthur Bryant

    Sat 17 Feb 1979

    Roy Plomley's castaway is historian Sir Arthur Bryant

  • Norris McWhirter

    Sat 10 Feb 1979

    Roy Plomley's castaway is Editor of the Guinness Book of Records Norris McWhirter

  • Robert Stephens

    Sat 3 Feb 1979

    Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Robert Stephens

  • Benjamin Luxon

    Sat 27 Jan 1979

    Roy Plomley's castaway is baritone Benjamin Luxon

  • Elia Kazan

    Sat 20 Jan 1979

    Roy Plomley's castaway is director Elia Kazan

  • Allan Prior

    Sat 13 Jan 1979

    Roy Plomley's castaway is novelist and scriptwriter Allan Prior

  • Robert Powell

    Sat 6 Jan 1979

    Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Robert Powell

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