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Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian Arthur Askey.

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Thu 2 Apr 194220:00
Forces Programme

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Music Played

  • Jack Hylton & His Orchestra

    The Three Bears

  • Victor Olof Sextet

    To a Wild Rose

  • Paul Robeson

    Canoe Song

  • Franz Schubert

    Ständchen (from Schwanengesang)

    Soloist: Webster Booth

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Song without Words in C major, Op. 67/4 'Spinnerlied'

    Soloist: Sergei Rachmaninov

  • Gracie Fields

    Sing As We Go

  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    String Quartet No 1 in D major - Andante Cantabile

    Orchestra: Budapest String Quartet

  • Arthur Askey

    Band Waggon

Credits

PresenterRoy Plomley
Interviewed GuestArthur Askey

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  • Thu 2 Apr 194220:00
    Forces Programme

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