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Sir John Glubb

Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Sir John Glubb.

Favourite track: Serenade In G Major by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Book: Other Men's Flowers by Lord A P Wavell
Luxury: Paper and ballpoint pens

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Tue 18 Apr 197812:20
BBC Radio 4

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Music Played

  • The Band of the Royal Engineers

    Wings

  • Joseph Cooper

    Rustle Of Spring

  • Arthur Sullivan

    I have a song to sing (from The Yeoman of the Guard)

    Librettist: William Gilbert.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Ai nostri monti (from Il trovatore)

  • Kenneth McKellar

    Sweet Lass Of Richmond Hill

  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Che farò senza Euridice (What is Life?) (from Orpheus and Euridice)

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Serenade No. 13 in G major 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik'

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Jesu, Joy of Mans Desiring from Cantata BWV 147

  • Book Choice

    • Other Men's Flowers - Lord A P Wavell

  • Luxury Choice

    • Paper and ballpoint pens

Credits

PresenterRoy Plomley
Interviewed GuestSir John Glubb

Broadcasts

  • Sat 15 Apr 197818:15
    BBC Radio 4
  • Tue 18 Apr 197812:20
    BBC Radio 4

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