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Roy Plomley's castaway is actress and musician Mary Martin.

Favourite track: I've Gotta Crow (from Peter Pan) by Mary Martin & Heller Halliday
Book: Around The Year With Emmet Fox by Emmet Fox
Luxury: Scissors, needles and thread

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Mon 28 Mar 197712:25
BBC Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Ezio Pinza

    Some Enchanted Evening

  • Os Ritmistas Brasileiros

    Andamento

  • Vanessa Lee

    Someday My Heart Will Awake (from Kings Rhapsody)

  • Noël Coward

    This Is A Changing World

  • Dino Borgioli, Ivor Newton

    O Del Mio Amato Ben

  • Wings

    Let 'em In

  • Kathleen Ferrier

    Blow The Wind Southerly

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Mary Martin & Heller Halliday

      I've Gotta Crow (from Peter Pan)

  • Book Choice

    • Around The Year With Emmet Fox - Emmet Fox

  • Luxury Choice

    • Scissors, needles and thread

Credits

PresenterRoy Plomley
Interviewed GuestMary Martin

Broadcasts

  • Sat 26 Mar 197719:00
    BBC Radio 4
  • Mon 28 Mar 197712:25
    BBC Radio 4

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