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Baroness Summerskill

Roy Plomley's castaway is doctor and politician Baroness Summerskill.

Favourite track: I'll Walk Beside You by Walter Glynne
Book: Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Luxury: Four-poster bed

30 minutes

Last on

Mon 4 Jun 197312:25
BBC Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Die Fledermaus

  • Arthur Sullivan

    Three little maids from school (from The Mikado)

    Librettist: William Gilbert.

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Walter Glynne

      I'll Walk Beside You

  • Gracie Fields

    Little Old Lady

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 5 in C minor

  • Waltz in A flat major, Op. 69/1

  • Edward Elgar

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

  • George Bernard Shaw

    Saint Joan (Excerpt)

  • Book Choice

    • Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable

  • Luxury Choice

    • Four-poster bed

Credits

PresenterRoy Plomley
Interviewed GuestBaroness Summerskill

Broadcasts

  • Sat 2 Jun 197319:00
    BBC Radio 4
  • Mon 4 Jun 197312:25
    BBC Radio 4

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