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Roy Plomley's castaway is tennis player Fred Perry.

Luxury: Radio transmitter

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Tue 8 Jul 195218:20
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Music Played

  • Charles Gounod

    Ave Maria

    Soloist: John McCormack

  • Edward Elgar

    Pomp & Circumstance March No. 1 in D major 'Land of Hope and Glory'

    Soloist: Nancy Evans

  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra

  • Magyari Imre and his Hungarian Gypsy Orchestra

    By The Shores Of The Balaton Lake

  • Richard Wagner - Pilgrims' Chorus (from Tannhäuser)

    Orchestra: State Opera Orchestra and Chorus

  • Claude Debussy

    Clair de lune (from Suite bergamasque)

    Soloist: Benno Moiseiwitsch

  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    1812 Overture

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra

  • Webster Booth & Herbert Dawson

    The Lost Chord

  • Luxury Choice

    • Radio transmitter

Credits

PresenterRoy Plomley
Interviewed GuestFred Perry

Broadcast

  • Tue 8 Jul 195218:20
    Home Service

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