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Roy Plomley's castaway is comedy scriptwriter Ted Kavanagh.

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Wed 28 Mar 195118:30
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Music Played

  • John McCormack

    Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms

  • Syd Howard

    Our Village Concert

    Artist: Vera Pearce, Leonard Henry

  • Alexander Borodin

    Polovtsian Dances (from Prince Igor)

    Choir: Leeds Festival Choir Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Thomas Beecham

  • Tod Slaughter & Company

    Sweeney Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet Street

  • Tommy Handley

    Forty-Seven Ginger-Headed Sailors

  • Léo Delibes

    Bell Song (from Lakmé)

    Soloist: Florence Foster Jenkins, Cosme McMoon

  • Owen Brannigan & Gerald Moore

    Blaydon Race

  • Les Chanteuses De La Colombiere/Boller

    Berceuse Pour Une Poupee

Credits

PresenterRoy Plomley
Interviewed GuestTed Kavanagh

Broadcast

  • Wed 28 Mar 195118:30
    Home Service

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