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Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Derek Nimmo.

Favourite track: The Girl from Ipanema by Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto
Book: Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Pottery and Porcelain by Geoffrey Godden
Luxury: Garlic

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Mon 8 May 196713:10
Home Service

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Music Played

  • George Frideric Handel

    Love in Bath - The Pump Room

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Thomas Beecham

  • The Beatles

    Penny Lane

  • Robert de Cormier Folk Singers

    Go Tell Aunt Rhody

  • Original London Cast of King Kong

    Gumboot Dance

  • Ian Carmichael & Dennis Price

    What Would I Do Without You, Jeeves?

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • The Girl from Ipanema

  • Marlene Dietrich

    Where Have All the Flowers Gone?

  • Edward Elgar

    Enigma Variations

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra Conductor: Malcolm Sargent

  • Book Choice

    • Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Pottery and Porcelain - Geoffrey Godden

  • Luxury Choice

    • Garlic

Credits

PresenterRoy Plomley
Interviewed GuestDerek Nimmo

Broadcast

  • Mon 8 May 196713:10
    Home Service

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