Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Birgit Nilsson.
Favourite track: Liebestod (from Tristan und Isolde) by Richard Wagner
Book: The Second World War by Sir Winston Churchill
Luxury: Swedish crossword puzzles
Published on Monday, 27th May 1963.
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