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Sir Terence Rattigan

Roy Plomley's castaway is playwright Sir Terence Rattigan.

Favourite track: Forty Years On by Harrow School Boys
Book: The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon
Luxury: Dom Perignon Champagne

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30 minutes

Last on

Mon 14 Jan 1974 12:25
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Harrow School Boys

      Forty Years On

  • Giacomo Puccini

    O soave fanciulla (from La Bohème)

    Soloist: Licia Albanese, Jan Peerce Orchestra: NBC Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Arturo Toscanini

  • Duke Ellington and His Orchestra

    Stormy Weather

  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Swan Lake

    Orchestra: Orchestre De La Suisse Romande

  • Oscar Wilde

    Lady Bracknell Interviews John Worthing (from The Importance Of Being Earnest)

    Artist: Edith Evans, John Gielgud

  • Tessie O'Shea

    Saturday Night At The Rose and Crown

  • Shirley Bassey

    You and I

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Vissi D'Arte (from Tosca)

    Soloist: Renata Tebaldi Orchestra: Santa Cecillia Orchestra, Rome Conductor: Francesco Molinari-Pradelli

  • Book Choice

    • The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Edward Gibbon

  • Luxury Choice

    • Dom Perignon Champagne

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Sir Terence Rattigan

Broadcasts

  • Sat 12 Jan 1974 19:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Mon 14 Jan 1974 12:25
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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