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Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Alfie Bass.

Favourite track: Piano Concerto No 3 in C Minor by Ludwig van Beethoven
Book: Encyclopaedia

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Mon 1 Apr 196812:25
Home Service

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Music Played

  • Robert Earl

    Go to Sleep, My Baby

  • George Frideric Handel

    Where'er you walk (from Semele)

    Soloist: Jan Peerce Orchestra: Vienna State Opera Orchestra Conductor: Hans Schwieger

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön (from The Magic Flute)

    Soloist: Richard Tauber

  • Paul Robeson

    Water Boy

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Ludwig van Beethoven

      Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor

      Soloist: Benno Moiseiwitsch Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra Conductor: Malcolm Sargent

  • J. Pat O’Malley

    The Rose in Her Hair

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade No. 13 in G major 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik'

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Rafael Kubelik

  • Crowd at Cardiff Arms Park

    Land Of My Fathers

  • Book Choice

    • Encyclopaedia

Credits

PresenterRoy Plomley
Interviewed GuestAlfie Bass

Broadcast

  • Mon 1 Apr 196812:25
    Home Service

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