John Arlott

Roy Plomley's castaway is singer Bing Crosby.Favourite track: South Rampart Street Parade by Bob Crosby and his Bobcats Book: Roget's Thesaurus by Roget Luxury: Guitar

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor and musician Stanley Holloway.Favourite track: And This Is My Beloved by Doretta Morrow Book: A book on the musical plays of the last century Luxury: Manicure and pedicure set

Roy Plomley's castaway is producer John Julius Norwich.Favourite track: Mir Ist So Wunderbar by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon Luxury: Writing materials

Roy Plomley's castaway is writer C P Snow.Favourite track: Henry IV Part II (Act 3, Scene 2) by William Shakespeare Book: Russian grammar Luxury: Writing materials

Roy Plomley's castaway is dancer Anthony Dowell.Favourite track: The Prince Of The Pagodas by Benjamin Britten Book: The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame Luxury: Radio receiver

Roy Plomley's castaway is painter Helen Bradley.Favourite track: Trois Gymnopédies by Satie Book: A great tome on the law Luxury: A soap that kills mosquitoes

Roy Plomley's castaway is cricket commentator John Arlott.Favourite track: Fern Hill by Dylan Thomas Book: Tristram Shandy by Laurence Sterne Luxury: Champagne

Roy Plomley's castaway is farce writer Ben Travers.Favourite track: My Love Parade by Maurice Chevalier Book: The collected works by Robert Browning Luxury: Pipes and tobacco

Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Patricia Hayes.Favourite track: Nocturne No. 8 In D Flat (Opus 72) by Frédéric Chopin Book: Kristin Lauransdatter by Sigrid Undset Luxury: Four-poster bed

Roy Plomley's castaway is Poet Laureate Sir John Betjeman.Favourite track: Ombra Mai Fù by George Frideric Handel Book: The Golden Treasury by Francis Palgrave Luxury: Champagne