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    Clive James

    Sat 14 Jun 1980

    Roy Plomley's castaway is broadcaster and writer Clive James

  • Freddie Jones

    Sat 7 Jun 1980

    Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Freddie Jones.

  • Robert Tear

    Sat 31 May 1980

    Roy Plomley's castaway is tenor Robert Tear

  • Earl Hines

    Sat 24 May 1980

    Roy Plomley's castaway is jazz pianist Earl Hines

  • Rt Hon Lord Denning

    Sat 17 May 1980

    Roy Plomley's castaway is Master of the Rolls The Rt Hon Lord Alfred Denning

  • Natalie Wood

    Sat 10 May 1980

    Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Natalie Wood

  • Lindsay Anderson

    Sat 3 May 1980

    Roy Plomley's castaway is director Lindsay Anderson

  • Salvatore Accardo

    Sat 26 Apr 1980

    Roy Plomley's castaway is violinist Salvatore Accardo

  • Erich Segal

    Sat 19 Apr 1980

    Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Erich Segal

  • Leonard Rossiter

    Sat 12 Apr 1980

    Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Leonard Rossiter

  • Commissioner Catherine Bramwell-Booth

    Sat 5 Apr 1980

    Roy Plomley's castaway is Salvation Army Commissioner Catherine Bramwell-Booth

  • Donald Pleasence

    Sat 29 Mar 1980

    Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Donald Pleasence.

  • Frances Perry

    Sat 22 Mar 1980

    Roy Plomley's castaway is horticulturalist Frances Perry

  • Geoffrey Household

    Sat 15 Mar 1980

    Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Geoffrey Household

  • Kiri Te Kanawa

    Sat 8 Mar 1980

    Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Kiri Te Kanawa

  • Susannah York

    Sat 1 Mar 1980

    Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Susannah York

  • Fay Weldon

    Sat 23 Feb 1980

    Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Fay Weldon

  • Timothy West

    Sat 16 Feb 1980

    Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Timothy West

  • Claudio Abbado

    Sat 9 Feb 1980

    Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Claudio Abbado

  • Otto Preminger

    Sat 2 Feb 1980

    Roy Plomley's castaway is producer Otto Preminger

  • Sir Cecil Beaton

    Sat 26 Jan 1980

    Roy Plomley's castaway is photographer and designer Sir Cecil Beaton

  • Dizzy Gillespie

    Sat 19 Jan 1980

    Roy Plomley's castaway is jazz trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie

  • Sir Peter Parker

    Sat 12 Jan 1980

    Roy Plomley's castaway is chairman of British Rail Sir Peter Parker

  • Reginald Goodall

    Sat 5 Jan 1980

    Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Reginald Goodall

  • Kyung-Wha Chung

    Sat 29 Dec 1979

    Roy Plomley's castaway is violinist Kyung-Wha Chung

  • Sir Osbert Lancaster

    Sat 22 Dec 1979

    Roy Plomley's castaway is cartoonist Sir Osbert Lancaster

  • Norman Mailer

    Sat 15 Dec 1979

    Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Norman Mailer

  • Elisabeth Soderstrom

    Sat 8 Dec 1979

    Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Elisabeth Soderstrom

  • Charles Causley

    Sat 1 Dec 1979

    Roy Plomley's castaway is poet Charles Causley

  • Peter Shaffer

    Sat 24 Nov 1979

    Roy Plomley's castaway is playwright Peter Shaffer

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