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Roy Plomley's castaway is Northern Economic Planning Council Chairman T Dan Smith.

Favourite track: Toccata and Fugue In D Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach
Book: Italian Townscape by Ivor de Wolfe
Luxury: Block of stone

35 minutes

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Mon 18 Mar 196812:25
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Music Played

  • Enrico Caruso

    O Sole Mio

  • Dannie Abse

    Sunday Evening

  • Glasgow Orpheus Choir

    The Twenty-Third Psalm

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Johann Sebastian Bach

      Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565

      Conductor: Leopold Stokowski. Performer: The Philadelphia Orchestra.

      Soloist: Helmut Walcha

  • Michael Garrick Trio

    Fairies of Oneiros

  • William Shakespeare

    Friends, Romans, countrymen (from Julius Caesar)

    Artist: John Gielgud

  • Tonis Maroudas

    Meno Se Kapia Geitonia

  • Hubert Parry

    Jerusalem

    Soloist: Kirsten Flagstad Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Adrian Boult

  • Book Choice

    • Italian Townscape - Ivor de Wolfe

  • Luxury Choice

    • Block of stone

Credits

PresenterRoy Plomley
Interviewed GuestT Dan Smith

Broadcasts

  • Sat 16 Mar 196813:10
    Home Service
  • Mon 18 Mar 196812:25
    Home Service

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