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Radio 4,19 Jun 1982,40 mins

Eric Newby

Desert Island Discs

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Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Eric Newby. Favourite track: The Flies Crawled Up The Window by Jack Hulbert Book: Dictionary of National Biography Luxury: Whisky

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    Thanks For The Memory
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  4. 3.
    Symphony No. 6 in B minor 'Pathétique'
    Symphony No. 6 in B minor 'Pathétique'
    Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky