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Jimmy Edwards

Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian Jimmy Edwards.

Favourite track: Believe Me if All Those Endearing Young Charms by Bert Sullivan
Book: Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence
Luxury: Euphonium

30 minutes

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Mon 20 Feb 196113:10
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Music Played

  • Richard Strauss

    Don Juan

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Clemens Krauss

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Bert Sullivan

      Believe Me if All Those Endearing Young Charms

      Artist: Munn & Felton's Footwear Band

  • Richard Strauss

    Horn Concerto No. 1 in E flat major

    Soloist: Dennis Brain Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra Conductor: Wolfgang Sawallisch

  • Gustav Holst

    Mars (The Bringer of War) From The Planets – Suite, op.32

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Malcolm Sargent

  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No. 4 In F Minor

    Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Herbert von Karajan

  • Billy May's Big Fat Brass

    Solving the Riddle

  • USAF: A Portrait in Sound

    Jet Plane

  • Jimmy Edwards

    I've Never Seen a Straight Banana

  • Book Choice

    • Lady Chatterley's Lover - D.H. Lawrence

  • Luxury Choice

    • Euphonium

Credits

PresenterRoy Plomley
Interviewed GuestJimmy Edwards

Broadcast

  • Mon 20 Feb 196113:10
    Home Service

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