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

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    Gloria Swanson

    Sat 4 Jul 1981

    Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Gloria Swanson

  • Morris West

    Sat 27 Jun 1981

    Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Morris West

  • Giuseppe Di Stefano

    Sat 20 Jun 1981

    Roy Plomley's castaway is tenor Giuseppe Di Stefano

  • Richard Leakey

    Sat 13 Jun 1981

    Roy Plomley's castaway is anthropologist Richard Leakey

  • Rt Hon William Whitelaw

    Sat 6 Jun 1981

    Roy Plomley's castaway is Home Secretary The Rt Hon William Whitelaw

  • Sir John Gielgud

    Sat 16 May 1981

    Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Sir John Gielgud.

  • Buddy Rich

    Sat 9 May 1981

    Roy Plomley's castaway is bandleader and drummer Buddy Rich

  • Sir Frederick Ashton

    Sat 2 May 1981

    Roy Plomley's castaway is choreographer Sir Frederick Ashton

  • Stewart Granger

    Sat 25 Apr 1981

    Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Stewart Granger

  • Princess Grace of Monaco

    Sat 18 Apr 1981

    Roy Plomley's castaway is Princess Grace Of Monaco

  • Sir Fitzroy MacLean

    Sat 11 Apr 1981

    Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Sir Fitzroy MacLean

  • Patricia Ruanne

    Sat 28 Mar 1981

    Roy Plomley's castaway is ballerina Patricia Ruanne

  • Russell Harty

    Sat 21 Mar 1981

    Roy Plomley's castaway is broadcaster Russell Harty

  • Peter Nichols

    Sat 14 Mar 1981

    Roy Plomley's castaway is playwright Peter Nichols

  • Daniel Massey

    Sat 7 Mar 1981

    Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Daniel Massey

  • Carla Lane

    Sat 28 Feb 1981

    Roy Plomley's castaway is writer and comedian Carla Lane

  • Frederic Raphael

    Sat 21 Feb 1981

    Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Frederic Raphael

  • David Broome

    Sat 14 Feb 1981

    Roy Plomley's castaway is show jumper David Broome

  • Mary O'Hara

    Sat 7 Feb 1981

    Roy Plomley's castaway is singer Mary O'Hara

  • Jeffrey Archer

    Sat 31 Jan 1981

    Roy Plomley's castaway is writer and former MP Jeffrey Archer

  • Joan Plowright

    Sat 24 Jan 1981

    Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Joan Plowright

  • HRH Princess Margaret

    Sat 17 Jan 1981

    Roy Plomley's castaway is HRH Princess Margaret

  • John Fowles

    Sat 10 Jan 1981

    Roy Plomley's castaway is writer John Fowles

  • Robin Cousins

    Sat 3 Jan 1981

    Roy Plomley's castaway is ice-skating champion Robin Cousins

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