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Roy Plomley's castaway is farce writer Ben Travers.

Favourite track: My Love Parade by Maurice Chevalier
Book: The collected works by Robert Browning
Luxury: Pipes and tobacco

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Mon 12 May 197512:25
BBC Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Lohengrin Act 3 Prelude

  • Arthur Sullivan

    This Heart Of Mine (from Ruddigore)

    Librettist: William Gilbert.

  • Richard Strauss

    Herr Kavalier! (Letter scene) (from Der Rosenkavalier)

  • Robert Schumann

    Aufschwung (from Fantasiestücke, Op. 12)

  • Fats Waller and His Rhythm

    I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself A Letter

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Maurice Chevalier

      My Love Parade

  • Tom Walls

    The 1932 Derby

  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No. 5 In E Minor

  • Book Choice

    • The collected works - Robert Browning

  • Luxury Choice

    • Pipes and tobacco

Credits

PresenterRoy Plomley
Interviewed GuestBen Travers

Broadcasts

  • Sat 10 May 197519:00
    BBC Radio 4
  • Mon 12 May 197512:25
    BBC Radio 4

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