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Barbara Windsor

Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Barbara Windsor.

Favourite track: Fings Ain't Wot They Used Ter Be by Billy Cotton, Rita Williams Singers
Book: A History of Great Britain
Luxury: Hair pieces

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Mon 15 Jun 197012:25
BBC Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Für Elise

    Soloist: Wilhelm Kempff

  • Judy Garland

    Do It Again

  • The Best Is Yet To Come

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Billy Cotton, Rita Williams Singers

      Fings Ain't Wot They Used Ter Be

  • Kenneth Williams & Peter Brett

    Not An Asp

  • Marie Lloyd

    Every Little Movement Has A Meaning Of Its Own

  • Götterdämmerung

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

  • Charles Aznavour

    Apres L'Amour

  • Book Choice

    • A History of Great Britain

  • Luxury Choice

    • Hair pieces

Credits

PresenterRoy Plomley
Interviewed GuestBarbara Windsor

Broadcasts

  • Sat 13 Jun 197019:00
    BBC Radio 4
  • Mon 15 Jun 197012:25
    BBC Radio 4

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