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MacDonald Hastings

Roy Plomley's castaway is journalist and novelist MacDonald Hastings.

Book: Field guide to flora and fauna on the island
Luxury: Handkerchiefs

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Mon 16 Aug 196513:10
Home Service

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Music Played

  • Amelita Galli-Curci

    Echo Song

  • Arthur Sullivan

    The Mikado

    Librettist: William Gilbert.

  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Song of the Flea

  • Alfred Drake

    Song of the Vagabonds from The Vagabond King

  • Édith Piaf

    La Vie en Rose

  • John Hanson

    A Bachelor Gay from The Maid of the Mountains

  • Charles Trenet

    La Mer

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Mass in B minor - Gloria in excelsis

  • Book Choice

    • Field guide to flora and fauna on the island

  • Luxury Choice

    • Handkerchiefs

Credits

PresenterRoy Plomley
Interviewed GuestMacDonald Hastings

Broadcast

  • Mon 16 Aug 196513:10
    Home Service

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