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Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Molly Weir.

Favourite track: All In The April Evening by Glasgow Orpheus Choir
Book: The Four Winds of Love by Compton MacKenzie
Luxury: Typewriter, spare ribbons and paper

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Tue 11 Oct 197712:25
BBC Radio 4

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Music Played

  • James Galway

    Tambourin'

  • Gaetano Donizetti

    Mad Scene (from Lucia Di Lammermoor)

  • Audrey Hepburn

    Just You Wait (My Fair Lady)

  • Max Bruch

    Scottish Fantasy

  • Paul Robeson

    Just A-Wearyin' For You

  • Gioachino Rossini

    Cat Duet

  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

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

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Glasgow Orpheus Choir

      All In The April Evening

  • Book Choice

    • The Four Winds of Love - Compton MacKenzie

  • Luxury Choice

    • Typewriter, spare ribbons and paper

Credits

PresenterRoy Plomley
Interviewed GuestMolly Weir

Broadcasts

  • Sat 8 Oct 197718:15
    BBC Radio 4
  • Tue 11 Oct 197712:25
    BBC Radio 4

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