Roy Plomley
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Roy Plomley (January 20, 1914 - May 28, 1985) devised the long-running BBC Radio 4 series Desert Island Discs in 1942, and he also presented it, until his death from pleurisy in 1985, aged 71. He was educated at King's College School, a boys' independent school in Wimbleon, in south-west London.
The series is still running as of 2006. Plomley was succeeded as presenter by Michael Parkinson (1985 - 1988), then by Sue Lawley (1988 - 2006), and most recently by Kirsty Young, who presented her first edition on October 1, 2006.
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An extended biography of Roy Plomley may be found at the website of The Radio Academy[1].
