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Roy Plomley's castaway is musician and actor Des O'Connor.

Favourite track: Caught in the Act by Victor Borge
Book: Encyclopaedia
Luxury: Daily delivery of The Sporting Life

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Mon 1 Sep 196912:25
BBC Radio 4

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Music Played

  • The Mike Sammes Singers

    Up, Up and Away

  • Tony Bennett

    I Left My Heart in San Francisco

  • Julie Andrews

    The Sound Of Music

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Victor Borge

      Caught in the Act

  • Henry Mancini & His Orchestra

    The Man With the Golden Arm

  • Winston Churchill

    VE Day (speech, 8 May 1945)

  • Jacques Offenbach

    Barcarolle (from Tales of Hoffman)

    Orchestra: Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden Conductor: Georg Solti

  • Frank Sinatra

    My Way

  • Book Choice

    • Encyclopaedia

  • Luxury Choice

    • Daily delivery of The Sporting Life

Credits

PresenterRoy Plomley
Interviewed GuestDes O’Connor

Broadcast

  • Mon 1 Sep 196912:25
    BBC Radio 4

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