John Osborne

Roy Plomley's castaway is writer and filmmaker John Paddy Carstairs.Favourite track: Swan Lake (Act 2) by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Book: Thesaurus by Roget Luxury: Piano

Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Joan Sutherland.Favourite track: Mira, O Norma by Vincenzo Bellini Book: Memoirs of Jenny Lind by Otto Goldschmidt Luxury: Bed

Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian Benny Hill.Favourite track: Le Gamin de Paris by Yves Montand Book: Collection of language courses Luxury: Film camera

Roy Plomley's castaway on Desert Island Discs is film director Alfred Hitchcock.Favourite track: Siegfried's Horn Call by Richard Wagner Book: Household Management by Mrs Beeton Luxury: Continental railway timetableThis is the only extract the BBC has of this episode of Desert Island Discs.

Roy Plomley's castaway is jazz musician Dave Brubeck.Book: Encyclopaedia Luxury: Piano

Roy Plomley's castaway is cricketer Sir Leonard Hutton.Book: History of cricket Luxury: Golf clubs

Roy Plomley's castaway is radio presenter John Snagge.Book: The Little World of Don Camillo by Giovannino Guareschi Luxury: Painting by Rembrandt

Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Lotte Lehmann.Book: Faust by Johann Wolfgang Goethe Luxury: Paintbox

Roy Plomley's castaway is world champion swimmer Judy Grinham.Favourite track: Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye by Ella Fitzgerald Book: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy Luxury: Typewriter and paper

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor and playwright John Osborne.Luxury: Perfume