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Sir Robin Day

Roy Plomley's castaway is reporter and interviewer Sir Robin Day.

Favourite track: John of Gaunt's Speech (from Richard II) by William Shakespeare
Book: The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations
Luxury: Champagne

30 minutes

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Mon 8 Sep 196919:00
BBC Radio 4

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Music Played

  • When the Saints Go Marching In

  • John F. Kennedy

    Inaugural Address (speech, 20 January 1961)

  • Flanagan and Allen

    Underneath The Arches

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Symphony No. 1 in D minor

    Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra Conductor: Eugene Ormandy

  • Winston Churchill

    This Was Their Finest Hour (speech, 18 June 1940)

  • Hawaii Calls Orchestra

    Hawaiian Wedding Song

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • William Shakespeare

      John of Gaunt's Speech (from Richard II)

      Artist: John Gielgud

  • Al Jolson

    You Made Me Love You

  • Book Choice

    • The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations

  • Luxury Choice

    • Champagne

Credits

PresenterRoy Plomley
Interviewed GuestRobin Day

Broadcast

  • Mon 8 Sep 196919:00
    BBC Radio 4

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