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Michael Palin

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor and writer Michael Palin.

Favourite track: Nimrod by Edward Elgar
Book: Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
Luxury: Bed

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Fri 23 Nov 197909:05
BBC Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Duke Ellington and His Orchestra

    Things Ain't What They Used To Be

  • The Goons

    Tales of Men's Shirts

  • Black Dyke Band

    Londonderry Air (Danny Boy)

  • You're A Heartbreaker

  • The Rita Williams Singers

    And When They Ask Us (They Didn't Believe Me)

  • Dick Powell & Wini Shaw

    Lullaby of Broadway

  • The Beatles

    The Things We Said Today

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Edward Elgar

      Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36: Variation IX "Nimrod"

  • Book Choice

    • Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray

  • Luxury Choice

    • Bed

Credits

PresenterRoy Plomley
Interviewed GuestMichael Palin

Broadcasts

  • Sat 17 Nov 197918:15
    BBC Radio 4
  • Fri 23 Nov 197909:05
    BBC Radio 4

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