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Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian Eric Barker.

Luxury: Cricket-bowling machine

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Mon 9 Sep 195713:10
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Music Played

  • Frederick Delius

    On Hearing The First Cuckoo In Spring

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Thomas Beecham

  • The Choir of Canterbury Cathedral

    Ascendit Deus

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 5 in C minor

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra Conductor: Otto Klemperer

  • Bing Crosby - Mountain Greenery

  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Swan Lake - Suite

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: John Barbirolli

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor

    Soloist: Benno Moiseiwitsch Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra

  • Danny Kaye

    There Is Nothin' Like A Dame

  • Band of HM Royal Marines

    Sunset

    Artist: Memorial Silver Trumpets of the Royal Marines School of Music

  • Luxury Choice

    • Cricket-bowling machine

Credits

PresenterRoy Plomley
Interviewed GuestEric Barker

Broadcast

  • Mon 9 Sep 195713:10
    Home Service

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