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Roy Plomley's castaway is announcer Joan Edgar.

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Sat 1 Sep 194520:45
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Music Played

  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Sleeping Beauty - Rose Adagio

    Orchestra: Sadler's Wells Orchestra

  • Bob White

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Madama Butterfly

    Soloist: Joan Hammond, Webster Booth

  • Spike Jones and His City Slickers

    Chloe

  • Claude Debussy

    Clair de lune (from Suite bergamasque)

    Orchestra: André Kostelanetz Orchestra

  • Frances Day

    It's De-Lovely

  • Henry Wood

    Fantasia On British Sea Songs

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra

  • Lohengrin Act 3 Prelude

    Orchestra: New York Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Arturo Toscanini

Credits

PresenterRoy Plomley
Interviewed GuestJoan Edgar

Broadcast

  • Sat 1 Sep 194520:45
    Home Service

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