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Marti Webb

Roy Plomley's castaway is actress and singer Marti Webb.

Favourite track: The Dreaded Batter Pudding Hurler Of Bexhill-0n-Sea by The Goons
Book: Illustrated dictionary
Luxury: Piano

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40 minutes

Last on

Fri 28 May 1982 09:05
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Piano Concerto No. 1 in B Flat Minor

    Soloist: Sviatoslav Richter Orchestra: Vienna Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Herbert von Karajan

  • Gioachino Rossini

    Una voce poco fa (from The Barber of Seville)

    Soloist: Maria Callas Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra Conductor: Alceo Galliera

  • Camille Saint‐SaΓ«ns

    The Swan (from Carnival of the Animals)

    Soloist: Julian Lloyd Webber, Yitkin Seow

  • Edwin Hawkins Singers

    Oh Happy Day

  • Derek and the Dominos

    Layla

  • Simon & Garfunkel

    Bridge Over Troubled Water

  • David Bowie

    Space Oddity

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • The Goons

      The Dreaded Batter Pudding Hurler Of Bexhill-0n-Sea

  • Book Choice

    • Illustrated dictionary

  • Luxury Choice

    • Piano

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Marti Webb

Broadcasts

  • Sat 22 May 1982 18:15
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Fri 28 May 1982 09:05
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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