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Roy Plomley's castaway is musician and comedian Derek Oldham.

Favourite track: Siegfried Idyll by Richard Wagner
Book: Encyclopaedia Britannica
Luxury: Insect repellent

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Mon 12 Sep 196613:10
Home Service

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Music Played

  • Glasgow Orpheus Choir

    The Blue Bird

  • Umberto Giordano

    Un di, all'azzurro spazio from Andre Chenier

  • Ramona and Her Grand Piano

    Love is a Dancing Thing

  • Arthur Sullivan

    When the buds are blossoming (from Ruddigore)

    Librettist: William Gilbert.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    The Song of the Nightingale

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Richard Wagner

      Siegfried Idyll

  • Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen

  • César Franck

    Symphonic Variations

  • Book Choice

    • Encyclopaedia Britannica

  • Luxury Choice

    • Insect repellent

Credits

PresenterRoy Plomley
Interviewed GuestDerek Oldham

Broadcast

  • Mon 12 Sep 196613:10
    Home Service

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