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Sir Robert Helpmann

Roy Plomley's castaway is dancer Sir Robert Helpmann.

Favourite track: Bailero by Victoria De Los Angeles
Book: Volume on boat building for beginners
Luxury: Toothbrush and toothpaste

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40 minutes

Last on

Boxing Day 1978 12:20
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Jean Sibelius

    Symphony No. 1 in E Minor

    Orchestra: New York Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Leonard Bernstein

  • Sarah Vaughan

    Send In The Clowns

  • This Masquerade

  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor

    Soloist: Vladimir Ashkenazy Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Lorin Maazel

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Victoria de los Ángeles

      Bailero

  • Glen Campbell

    By The Time I Get To Phoenix

  • Bette Midler

    Say Goodbye To Hollywood

  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Hamlet Overture

    Orchestra: USSR Symphony Orchestra

  • Book Choice

    • Volume on boat building for beginners

  • Luxury Choice

    • Toothbrush and toothpaste

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Robert Helpmann

Broadcasts

  • Sat 23 Dec 1978 18:15
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Boxing Day 1978 12:20
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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