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Roy Plomley's castaway is screenwriter T E B Clarke.

Book: Ruff's Guide to the Turf

40 minutes

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Fri 15 Oct 195418:20

Music Played

  • Judy Garland

    The Trolley Song

  • Tex Ritter

    Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling

  • Larry Adler

    Smoke Gets In Your Eyes

  • Raymond Glendenning

    The Derby, 17 June 1944

  • Ted Lewis and His Band

    Memphis Blues

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132

    Orchestra: Griller String Quartet

  • Eton College Musical Society

    Eton Boating Song

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Symphony No. 7 'Sinfonia antartica'

    Soloist: Margaret Ritchie Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra

  • Book Choice

    • Ruff's Guide to the Turf

Credits

RoleContributor
PresenterRoy Plomley
Interviewed GuestT E B Clarke

Broadcast

  • Fri 15 Oct 195418:20

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