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Roy Plomley's castaway is broadcaster Jack Jackson.

Favourite track: In a Mist by Bix Beiderbecke
Book: Do-it-yourself boat-building book
Luxury: Television set

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Mon 29 Feb 196013:10
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Music Played

  • Peggy Lee

    He's a Tramp

  • Peter Sellers

    So Little Time

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Bix Beiderbecke

      In a Mist

  • Frederick Delius

    On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Thomas Beecham

  • George Shearing

    Yesterdays

  • Modest Mussorgsky

    The gnome (from Pictures at an Exhibition)

    Orchestra: NBC Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Arturo Toscanini

  • Maynard Ferguson and His Orchestra

    Tenderly

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No. 94 in G major 'Surprise' (from Hoffnung Music Festival)

    Orchestra: Morley College Symphony Orchestra

  • Book Choice

    • Do-it-yourself boat-building book

  • Luxury Choice

    • Television set

Credits

PresenterRoy Plomley
Interviewed GuestJack Jackson

Broadcast

  • Mon 29 Feb 196013:10
    Home Service

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