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Audrey Russell

Roy Plomley's castaway is BBC commentator Audrey Russell.

Luxury: Astronomical telescope

30 minutes

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Mon 29 Jul 195713:10
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Music Played

  • Wildlife Recording

    Call of a Blackbird

  • Danny Kaye

    The Ugly Duckling

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Romance for Harmonica in D flat major

    Soloist: Larry Adler

  • Dylan Thomas

    Poem In October

    Artist: Richard Burton

  • Noël Coward

    Mad Dogs and Englishmen

  • Benjamin Britten

    Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes - Dawn

    Orchestra: Amsterdam Concertgebouw Conductor: Eduard van Beinum

  • William Shakespeare

    Hamlet Act 3, Scene 2

    Artist: Laurence Olivier, Harcourt Williams

  • Frédéric Chopin - Nocturne in D flat major, Op. 27/2

    Soloist: Solomon

  • Luxury Choice

    • Astronomical telescope

Credits

PresenterRoy Plomley
Interviewed GuestAudrey Russell

Broadcast

  • Mon 29 Jul 195713:10
    Home Service

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