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Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian and actor Terry Scott.

Favourite track: The Sleeping Beauty by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Book: French language course
Luxury: Eau de Cologne

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Mon 11 Apr 196613:10
Home Service

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Music Played

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Sleeping Beauty

      Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Irving

  • Mike Nichols and Elaine May

    Improvisations to Music (Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No 2)

  • Sir Hamilton Harty

    A John Field Suite No 1 (Polka)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Malcolm Sargent

  • Peggy Lee

    I Go to Sleep

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565

    Conductor: Leopold Stokowski. Performer: The Philadelphia Orchestra.

    Soloist: Helmut Walcha

  • Zero Mostel & Maria Karnilova

    Do You Love Me?

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Der Hölle Rache (from The Magic Flute)

    Soloist: Florence Foster Jenkins, Cosmo McMoon

  • Hector Berlioz

    Symphonie Fantastique

    Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Charles Munch

  • Book Choice

    • French language course

  • Luxury Choice

    • Eau de Cologne

Credits

PresenterRoy Plomley
Interviewed GuestTerry Scott

Broadcast

  • Mon 11 Apr 196613:10
    Home Service

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