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Roy Plomley's castaway is memory expert Leslie Welch.

Luxury: Bed

30 minutes

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Mon 26 Sep 195513:10
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Music Played

  • Band Of HM Royal Marines, Plymouth Division

    Colonel Bogey

  • The Mantovani Orchestra

    Blue Skies

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Scheherazade

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Si, mi chiamano Mimi (from La Bohème)

    Soloist: Joan Hammond

  • Aram Khachaturian

    Masquerade Suite

    Orchestra: Boston Promenade Orchestra Conductor: Arthur Fiedler

  • Alexander Borodin

    Polovtsian Dances (from Prince Igor)

    Choir: Leeds Festival Choir Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra

  • Albert Ketèlbey

    Brazil

  • Layton & Johnstone

    Happy Days Are Here Again

  • Luxury Choice

    • Bed

Credits

PresenterRoy Plomley
Interviewed GuestLeslie Welch

Broadcast

  • Mon 26 Sep 195513:10
    Home Service

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