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Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Doris Hare.

Favourite track: Fantasia On Greensleeves by Ralph Vaughan Williams
Book: Dictionary of Quotations
Luxury: Piano

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Mon 13 Oct 197512:25
BBC Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Ralph Vaughan Williams

      Fantasia On Greensleeves

      Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Adrian Boult

  • Thomas L. Thomas

    Watching The Wheat

  • Noël Coward

    Mad Dogs and Englishmen

  • Jean Sablon

    These Foolish Things

  • Evelyn Laye

    I'll See You Again

  • Cleo Laine

    Big Best Shoes

  • Bing Crosby & Louis Armstrong

    Now You Has Jazz

  • Claude Debussy

    Prélude à l'après midi d'un faune

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Thomas Beecham

  • Book Choice

    • Dictionary of Quotations

  • Luxury Choice

    • Piano

Credits

PresenterRoy Plomley
Interviewed GuestDoris Hare

Broadcasts

  • Sat 11 Oct 197519:00
    BBC Radio 4
  • Mon 13 Oct 197512:25
    BBC Radio 4

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