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Elsie & Doris Waters

Roy Plomley's castaways are comedians Elsie & Doris Waters.

Book: Anthology of Poetry and Novels by Charlotte Bronte
Luxury: Piano and sheet music

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Christmas Day 197212:25
BBC Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Igor Stravinsky

    The Firebird

    Orchestra: Columbia Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Igor Stravinsky

  • Bernard Cribbins

    Right, Said Fred

  • Claude Debussy

    La fille aux cheveux de lin (from Preludes, Book 1)

    Soloist: Yehudi Menuhin, Gerald Moore

  • Yvonne Printemps

    I'll Follow My Secret Heart

  • Black Dyke Band

    Stars and Stripes Forever

  • Horst Jankowski

    A Walk in the Black Forest

  • A Gal In Calico

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Old Hundredth Psalm Tune 'All people that on earth do dwell'

  • Book Choice

    • Anthology of Poetry and Novels - Charlotte Bronte

  • Luxury Choice

    • Piano and sheet music

Credit

PresenterRoy Plomley

Broadcasts

  • Sat 23 Dec 197219:00
    BBC Radio 4
  • Christmas Day 197212:25
    BBC Radio 4

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