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Valerie Hobson

Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Valerie Hobson.

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Sat 3 Nov 194520:45
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Music Played

  • George Butterworth

    A Shropshire Lad Rhapsody

    Orchestra: Hallé Orchestra

  • Jerome Kern

    The Way You Look Tonight

    Performer: Fred Astaire. Lyricist: Dorothy Fields.

  • André Kostelanetz Orchestra

    Holiday for Strings

  • Brian Lawrence

    Phil The Fluter's Ball

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

    Performer: Alexander Gavrylyuk. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.

    Soloist: Benno Moiseiwitsch Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra

  • Yvonne Printemps

    I'll Follow My Secret Heart

  • Claude Debussy

    Clair de lune (from Suite bergamasque)

    Orchestra: André Kostelanetz

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphony No. 9 in E minor 'From the New World'

    Orchestra: Prague Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: George Szell

Credits

PresenterRoy Plomley
Interviewed GuestValerie Hobson

Broadcast

  • Sat 3 Nov 194520:45
    Home Service

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