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Professor L Dudley Stamp

Roy Plomley's castaway is geographer Professor L Dudley Stamp.

Favourite track: Hallelujah Chorus (from Messiah) by George Frideric Handel
Book: Everyman's Encyclopaedia
Luxury: Wine

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Mon 6 May 196313:40
Home Service

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Music Played

  • Sir Harry Lauder

    The Wedding Of Sandy McNab

  • Erna Sack

    Il Bacio

  • Johann Strauss II

    The Blue Danube

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Herbert von Karajan

  • Waltz in E flat major, Op. 18

    Soloist: Alexander Uninsky

  • Edvard Grieg

    Morning (from Peer Gynt Suite No. 1)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Thomas Beecham

  • Muriel Smith

    Bali Ha'i

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Fantasia on Greensleeves

    Orchestra: Boyd Neel Orchestra

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • George Frideric Handel

      Hallelujah Chorus (from Messiah)

      Choir: Huddersfield Choral Society Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Malcolm Sargent

  • Book Choice

    • Everyman's Encyclopaedia

  • Luxury Choice

    • Wine

Credits

PresenterRoy Plomley
Interviewed GuestProfessor L Dudley Stamp

Broadcast

  • Mon 6 May 196313:40
    Home Service

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