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Roy Plomley's castaway is prison worker C A Joyce.

Favourite track: Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen by Paul Robeson
Book: Novels by Georgette Heyer
Luxury: Self-portrait painted by his wife

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Mon 1 Nov 197112:25
BBC Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Haydn Wood

    Roses Of Picardy

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Paul Robeson

      Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen

  • Riccardo Drigo

    Serenade

    Orchestra: Boston Pops Orchestra

  • Donald Peers

    For You

  • Vera Lynn

    Look For The Silver Lining

  • HM Grenadiers Guards Bands

    The British Grenadiers

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Jesu, Joy of Mans Desiring from Cantata BWV 147

    Soloist: Dinu Lipatti

  • Jean Sibelius

    Finlandia

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra Conductor: Herbert von Karajan

  • Book Choice

    • Novels - Georgette Heyer

  • Luxury Choice

    • Self-portrait painted by his wife

Credits

PresenterRoy Plomley
Interviewed GuestC A Joyce

Broadcasts

  • Sat 30 Oct 197119:00
    BBC Radio 4
  • Mon 1 Nov 197112:25
    BBC Radio 4

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