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Roy Plomley's castaway is writer and broadcaster Barry Norman.

Favourite track: Symphony No. 5 In C Minor by Ludwig van Beethoven
Book: The World of Jeeves by P G Wodehouse
Luxury: Typewriter, paper and a desk with cricket balls in the drawers

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Tue 28 Aug 197912:20
BBC Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Fantasia On Greensleeves

  • William Shakespeare

    Once more unto the breach (from Henry V)

  • The Beatles

    When I'm Sixty-Four

  • John Barry

    The Lion In Winter

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Lieutenant Kijé

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Ludwig van Beethoven

      Symphony No. 5 In C Minor

  • Shakespeare/Young

    It Was A Lover and his Lass

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No. 41 in C major 'Jupiter'

  • Book Choice

    • The World of Jeeves - P G Wodehouse

  • Luxury Choice

    • Typewriter, paper and a desk with cricket balls in the drawers

Credits

PresenterRoy Plomley
Interviewed GuestBarry Norman

Broadcasts

  • Sat 25 Aug 197918:15
    BBC Radio 4
  • Tue 28 Aug 197912:20
    BBC Radio 4

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