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Carleton Hobbs

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Carleton Hobbs.

Favourite track: C'est Le Destin Peut-Etre by Oscar Straus
Book: The Forsyte Saga by John Galsworthy
Luxury: Radio receiver

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Sat 27 Jul 196313:40
Home Service

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Music Played

  • The Royal Artillery Band

    The Royal Artillery Slow March

  • Violet Loraine & George Robey

    If You Were the Only Girl in the World

  • Fritz Kreisler

    Londonderry Air (Danny Boy)

  • Modest Mussorgsky

    I have attained the highest power (from Boris Godunov)

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Oscar Straus

      C'est le destin peut-être (from The Three Waltzes)

  • Leslie “Hutch” Hutchinson

    Begin the Beguine

  • Oscar Straus

    Jede Frau hat irgend eine Sehnsucht

  • Arthur Sullivan

    When a wooer goes a-wooing (from The Yeomen of the Guard)

    Librettist: William Gilbert.

  • Book Choice

    • The Forsyte Saga - John Galsworthy

  • Luxury Choice

    • Radio receiver

Credits

PresenterRoy Plomley
Interviewed GuestCarleton Hobbs

Broadcast

  • Sat 27 Jul 196313:40
    Home Service

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