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Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Cyril Smith.

Luxury: Cards

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Mon 26 Mar 195613:10
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Music Played

  • Franz Liszt

    La campanella (from Transcendental Studies after Paganini)

    Artist: Cyril Smith

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    A Midsummer Nights Dream Overture

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Conductor: Malcolm Sargent

  • Bobby Howes

    Got A Date With An Angel

  • Sidney Torch & His Orchestra

    Kiss Me Again

  • Unknown - Recording Of Tutankhamun's Trumpets

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    La traviata Prelude to Act 1

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Arturo Toscanini

  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Crown of Roses (Legend)

    Choir: Choir Of Christ's Hospital, Horsham

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

    Performer: Alexander Gavrylyuk. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.

    Soloist: Benno Moiseiwitsch Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Basil Cameron

  • Luxury Choice

    • Cards

Credits

PresenterRoy Plomley
Interviewed GuestCyril Smith

Broadcast

  • Mon 26 Mar 195613:10
    Home Service

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