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Raymond Postgate

Roy Plomley's castaway is historian and food and wine expert Raymond Postgate.

Favourite track: Jerusalem by Blake/Parry
Book: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon
Luxury: Claret

30 minutes

Last on

Mon 14 Oct 1968 12:25
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade No. 13 in G major 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik'

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Rafael Kubelik

  • James Joyce

    Anna Livia Plurabelle from Finnegans Wake

  • Violet Loraine & George Robey

    If You Were the Only Girl in the World

  • Wilfred Owen

    Greater Love from The Days of Wilfred Owen

    Artist: Richard Burton

  • Lucienne Boyer

    Moi J' Crache Dans L'Eau

  • Henry Mancini, His Orchestra & Chorus

    Lullaby of Broadway

  • T. S. Eliot

    Sweeney Among the Nightingales

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Hubert Parry

      Jerusalem

      Soloist: John McCormack

  • Book Choice

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

  • Luxury Choice

    • Claret

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Raymond Postgate

Broadcast

  • Mon 14 Oct 1968 12:25
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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