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Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Miss Read.

Favourite track: The Importance Of Being Ernest (Act 1) by Oscar Wilde
Book: The Diary of a Country Parson 1758-1802 by James Woodforde
Luxury: Exercise books and ballpoint pens

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30 minutes

Last on

Mon 4 Jul 1977 12:25
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Orchestre Raymonde

    The Haunted Ballroom

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major

  • Erno Dohnanyi

    Rhapsody in C major, Op. 11/3

  • Michael Flanders and Donald Swann

    Slow Train

  • Jeremiah Clarke

    Trumpet Voluntary

  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Che farΓ² senza Euridice (What is Life?) (from Orpheus and Euridice)

  • The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Dance Orchestra

    Thank You, Mister Bach

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Oscar Wilde

      The Importance Of Being Ernest (Act 1)

  • Book Choice

    • The Diary of a Country Parson 1758-1802 - James Woodforde

  • Luxury Choice

    • Exercise books and ballpoint pens

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Miss Read

Broadcasts

  • Sat 2 Jul 1977 19:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Mon 4 Jul 1977 12:25
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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