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Stratford Johns

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Stratford Johns.

Favourite track: Tea for Two by Binnie Hale & Seymour Beard
Book: Encyclopaedia Britannica
Luxury: Painting by Goya

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Mon 7 Sep 196413:40
Home Service

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Music Played

  • Jean Sibelius

    Symphony No. 1 in E minor

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Thomas Beecham

  • Stanelli and his Hornchestra

    Noises of London / I Want to Be Happy

  • Woody Herman and His Orchestra

    At The Woodchopper's Ball

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Binnie Hale & Seymour Beard

      Tea for Two

  • Igor Stravinsky

    The Rite of Spring

    Orchestra: Columbia Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Igor Stravinsky

  • Shelley Berman

    Hold On

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 'Pathétique'

    Soloist: Wilhelm Kempff

  • Frank Sinatra

    Ol' Man River

  • Book Choice

    • Encyclopaedia Britannica

  • Luxury Choice

    • Painting by Goya

Credits

PresenterRoy Plomley
Interviewed GuestStratford Johns

Broadcast

  • Mon 7 Sep 196413:40
    Home Service

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