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C H Middleton

Roy Plomley's castaway is horticulturalist C H Middleton.

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Tue 16 Nov 194318:00
Forces Programme

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Music Played

  • BBC Symphony Chorus

    Dear Old Home Songs

  • Franz Schubert

    Ständchen (from Schwanengesang)

    Soloist: John McCormack

  • Albert Richardson

    The Old Sow

  • The Band of the Coldstream Guards

    In a Monastery Garden

  • Malcolm McEachern

    Drinking

  • Jacques Offenbach

    Barcarolle (from Tales Of Hoffman)

    Soloist: Jeanne Duesseau, Nancy Evans Orchestra: Sadler's Wells Orchestra and Chorus

  • Franz von Suppé

    Poet and Peasant Overture

    Orchestra: Band Of HM Coldstream Guards

  • Harold Williams

    In an Old-Fashioned Town

Credits

PresenterRoy Plomley
Interviewed GuestC H Middleton

Broadcast

  • Tue 16 Nov 194318:00
    Forces Programme

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