Roy Plomley

Full details can be found on the Castaway's page on the Desert Island Discs website.

The programme was originally broadcast in 1979, and the presenter was Roy Plomley.

Our castaway this week is Britain's best-selling writer of verse, Pam Ayres.

Pam, have you ever daydreamed about being a Lady Robinson Crusoe?

Today's castaway is the actress Penelope Keith, who was best known for roles in the BBC sitcoms The Good Life and To the Man Aborn, but she didn't start out in telly.

Back in 1976, she told Roy Plomley that after honing her craft in repertory theatre, she joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1963.

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Some of those toys would become famous around the world.

Here's the adult Christopher talking to Roy Plomley on BBC Radio's Desert Island Discs in 1976.

How old were you when you were given the famous Pooh Bear?

I was one year old.

Some of those toys would become famous around the world.

Here's the adult Christopher talking to Roy Plomley on BBC Radio's Desert Island Discs in 1976.

How old were you when you were given the famous Pooh Bear? I was one year old.

Who gave him to you? My parents.