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Roy Plomley's castaway is horticulturalist Xenia Field.

Favourite track: Toccata and Fugue in D Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach
Book: Encyclopaedia
Luxury: Mattress

35 minutes

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Mon 12 Jun 196713:10
Home Service

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Music Played

  • Eton College Musical Society

    Eton Boating Song

  • Фёдор Шаляпин

    Down the Petersky

  • Carroll Gibbons and His Boy Friends

    Smoke Gets in Your Eyes

  • Harry Champion

    Any Old Iron

  • June McMechen

    Summertime (from Porgy & Bess)

  • Joan Hammond & Gerald Moore

    The Green Hills O' Somerset

  • Kathleen Ferrier & Phyllis Spurr

    Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Johann Sebastian Bach

      Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565

      Conductor: Leopold Stokowski. Performer: The Philadelphia Orchestra.

      Soloist: Helmut Walcha

  • Book Choice

    • Encyclopaedia

  • Luxury Choice

    • Mattress

Credits

PresenterRoy Plomley
Interviewed GuestXenia Field

Broadcast

  • Mon 12 Jun 196713:10
    Home Service

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