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Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian Eric Sykes.

Luxury: Typewriter and paper

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Mon 9 Dec 195713:10
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Music Played

  • Jimmy Shand and His Band

    Bluebell Polka

  • Claude Debussy

    Clair de lune (from Suite bergamasque)

    Soloist: Walter Gieseking

  • Franz von Suppé

    Light Cavalry

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra Conductor: Herbert von Karajan

  • Bing Crosby - Beautiful Dreamer

  • Pipes and Drums of the Dagenham Girl Pipers

    Scotland the Brave

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Well-tempered Clavier, Book 2 - Prelude & Fugue in E minor

    Soloist: Rosalyn Tureck

  • Max Bygraves

    Cowpuncher's Cantata

  • Modest Mussorgsky/Rimsky-Korsakov

    Night On The Bare Mountain

    Orchestra: Paris Conservatoire Orchestra Conductor: Ernest Ansermet

  • Luxury Choice

    • Typewriter and paper

Credits

PresenterRoy Plomley
Interviewed GuestEric Sykes

Broadcast

  • Mon 9 Dec 195713:10
    Home Service

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