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Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Sidney James.

Favourite track: Can-Can by Gioachino Rossini/Respighi
Book: Encyclopaedia Britannica
Luxury: Double bed

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Mon 4 Apr 196013:10
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Music Played

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Ottorino Respighi

      Can-Can (from La Boutique Fantasque)

      Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra Conductor: Irving

  • Sammy Davis Jr.

    I Got Plenty of Nuttin'

  • Ted Heath & His Orchestra

    Malaguena

  • Alexander Borodin

    Polovtsian Dances (from Prince Igor)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra Conductor: Lovro von Mata?i?

  • Lena Horne

    The Surrey With the Fringe on Top

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Scheherazade - 2nd movement

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Thomas Beecham

  • Pat Suzuki

    I Enjoy Being a Girl

  • Tony Hancock, Sidney James & Bill Kerr

    Sunday Afternoon at Home (from Hancock's Half Hour)

  • Book Choice

    • Encyclopaedia Britannica

  • Luxury Choice

    • Double bed

Credits

PresenterRoy Plomley
Interviewed GuestSidney James

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  • Mon 4 Apr 196013:10
    Home Service

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