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Betty Kenward

Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Betty Kenward.

Favourite track: The Blue Danube by Johann Strauss II
Book: Debrett's Peerage by Charles Kidd
Luxury: Radio receiver

30 minutes

Last on

Mon 16 Dec 197412:25
BBC Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Noël Coward

    I'll See You Again

  • Flanagan and Allen

    Underneath The Arches

  • Carroll Gibbons and His Boy Friends

    The Birth Of The Blues

  • Mary Martin

    The Sound Of Music

  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Swan Lake - Act 2

    Soloist: Yehudi Menuhin Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra Conductor: Efrem Kurtz

  • Julie Andrews

    I Could Have Danced All Night

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Johann Strauss II

      The Blue Danube

      Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Willi Boskovsky

  • Edward Elgar

    Pomp & Circumstance March No. 1 in D major 'Land of Hope and Glory'

    Soloist: Clara Butt

  • Book Choice

    • Debrett's Peerage - Charles Kidd

  • Luxury Choice

    • Radio receiver

Credits

PresenterRoy Plomley
Interviewed GuestBetty Kenward

Broadcasts

  • Sat 14 Dec 197419:00
    BBC Radio 4
  • Mon 16 Dec 197412:25
    BBC Radio 4

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