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Douglas Reeman

Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Douglas Reeman.

Favourite track: The Song Of The Jellicles by T S Eliot
Book: The Admiralty Seamanship Manual
Luxury: Orchid-growing kit

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Fri 18 Mar 198309:05
BBC Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Arthur Sullivan

    When I was a lad (from HMS Pinafore)

    Librettist: William Gilbert.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Violin Concerto in D major

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    The Hebrides Overture (Fingal's Cave)

  • Marlene Dietrich

    Lilli Marlene

    • Lilli Marlene.

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • T. S. Eliot

      The Song Of The Jellicles

      • Old Possum's Book Of Practical Cats.

  • William Boyce

    Symphony No. 1 in B flat Major

  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    The Old Superb (from Songs of the Sea)

  • Edvard Grieg

    Morning (from Peer Gynt Suite No. 1)

  • Book Choice

    • The Admiralty Seamanship Manual

  • Luxury Choice

    • Orchid-growing kit

Credits

PresenterRoy Plomley
Interviewed GuestDouglas Reeman

Broadcasts

  • Sat 12 Mar 198318:25
    BBC Radio 4
  • Fri 18 Mar 198309:05
    BBC Radio 4

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