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Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Alec Waugh.

Favourite track: Romance by Clinton Baddeley
Book: The Golden Treasury by Francis Palgrave
Luxury: Wine

30 minutes

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Mon 8 Sep 197512:25
BBC Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Basil Hallam

    Gilbert The Filbert

  • Billy Cotton & Kathy Kay

    Let The Great Big World Keep Turning

    Artist: Peter Moore and his Orchestra

  • Jean Sibelius

    Valse Triste

    Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra Conductor: Eugene Ormandy

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Clinton Baddeley

      Romance

  • Noel Coward & Gertrude Lawrence

    Private Lives (Excerpt Act 1)

  • Leslie “Hutch” Hutchinson

    These Foolish Things

  • Ethel Merman

    I Get A Kick Out Of You

  • Judy Garland

    Franklin D Rooseevelt Jones

  • Book Choice

    • The Golden Treasury - Francis Palgrave

  • Luxury Choice

    • Wine

Credits

PresenterRoy Plomley
Interviewed GuestAlec Waugh

Broadcasts

  • Sat 6 Sep 197519:00
    BBC Radio 4
  • Mon 8 Sep 197512:25
    BBC Radio 4

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