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Roy Plomley's castaway is Editor of Punch Alan Coren.

Favourite track: Double Concerto in D Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach
Book: The Oxford English Dictionary
Luxury: Typewriter and paper

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Tue 24 Jan 197812:20
BBC Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Emmett Miller & His Georgia Crackers

    Lovesick Blues

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Johann Sebastian Bach

      Concerto for Two Violins in D minor

      Soloist: David & Igor Oistrakh Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Eugene Goossens

  • Bix Beiderbecke and His Gang

    Margie

  • 2000-Year-Old Man

  • Marlene Dietrich

    Fraulein Annie

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata No. 29 in B flat major, Op. 106 'Hammerklavier

    Soloist: Alfred Brendel

  • Ella Fitzgerald

    Get Out Of Town

  • Instant Sunshine

    Tittle Tattle Rag

  • Book Choice

    • The Oxford English Dictionary

  • Luxury Choice

    • Typewriter and paper

Credits

PresenterRoy Plomley
Interviewed GuestAlan Coren

Broadcasts

  • Sat 21 Jan 197818:15
    BBC Radio 4
  • Tue 24 Jan 197812:20
    BBC Radio 4

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