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Emlyn Williams

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor and playwright Emlyn Williams.

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Thu 10 Sep 194220:15
Forces Programme

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Music Played

  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No. 5 in E minor

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Thomas Beecham

  • Charles Trenet

    Boum!

  • William Shakespeare

    Hamlet

    Artist: John Gielgud

  • Gracie Fields

    The House is Haunted

  • Édouard Lalo

    Symphonie espagnole

    Soloist: Yehudi Menuhin Orchestra: Paris Symphony Orchestra

  • Ray Conniff and His Orchestra

    The Very Thought of You

  • Yvonne Printemps

    Air De La Lettre

  • Jacques Offenbach

    Fantasia

    Orchestra: Marek Weber Orchestra

Credits

PresenterRoy Plomley
Interviewed GuestEmlyn Williams

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  • Thu 10 Sep 194220:15
    Forces Programme

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