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Roy Plomley's castaway is Dead Sea Scrolls scholar John Allegro.

Favourite track: O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings (from Messiah) by George Frideric Handel
Book: Some novels by P G Wodehouse
Luxury: Rolls-Royce engine

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Mon 25 Jun 196213:10
Home Service

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Music Played

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • George Frideric Handel

      O thou that tellest good tidings (from Messiah)

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphony No. 9 in E minor 'From the New World'

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Pie Jesu (from Requiem)

  • Arthur Sullivan

    Gilbert & Sullivan - As some day it may happen (from The Mikado)

    Librettist: William Gilbert.

  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No. 6 in B minor 'Pathétique'

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No. 33 in B flat major

  • Johannes Brahms

    Violin Concerto in D Major

  • Kathleen Ferrier

    Blow the Wind Southerly

  • Book Choice

    • Some novels - P G Wodehouse

  • Luxury Choice

    • Rolls-Royce engine

Credits

PresenterRoy Plomley
Interviewed GuestJohn Allegro

Broadcast

  • Mon 25 Jun 196213:10
    Home Service

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