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L Marsland Gander

Roy Plomley's castaway is journalist L Marsland Gander.

Favourite track: English Country Garden by Jimmie Rodgers
Book: Encyclopaedia
Luxury: Telescope

30 minutes

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Mon 17 Mar 196912:25
BBC Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Robert Johnson

    Where the bee sucks (from The Tempest)

  • Savoy Orpheans

    Dinah

  • Waltz in A flat major, Op. 42

  • Arthur Sullivan

    For the merriest fellows (from The Gondoliers)

    Librettist: William Gilbert.

  • Richard Wagner

    Ride of the Valkyries (Die Walküre)

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Jimmie Rodgers

      English Country Garden

  • Noël Coward

    Why Must the Show Go On?

  • Henry Wood

    Fantasia on British Sea Songs

  • Book Choice

    • Encyclopaedia

  • Luxury Choice

    • Telescope

Credits

PresenterRoy Plomley
Interviewed GuestL Marsland Gander

Broadcast

  • Mon 17 Mar 196912:25
    BBC Radio 4

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