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Captain John Ridgway & Sargeant Chay Blyth

Roy Plomley's castaways are rowers John Ridgway & Chay Blyth.

Favourite track: Sinfonia Antarctica by Ralph Vaughan Williams
Book: Dictionary and Anthology of poetry
Luxury: Shaving kit and a leather armchair

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22 minutes

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Mon 5 Dec 1966 13:10
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Service

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Music Played

  • Nuns' Chorus (from Casanova)

    Soloist: Anni Frind

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Ralph Vaughan Williams

      Symphony No. 7 'Sinfonia antartica'

      Soloist: John Gielgud Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir Conductor: Adrian Boult

  • The Sound of Music Overture and Preludium

  • Richard Wagner

    Tannhäuser (Overture)

    Orchestra: Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France. Conductor: Marek Janowski.

    Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Herbert von Karajan

  • Andy Stewart

    The Road and the Miles to Dundee

  • AntonΓ­n DvoΕ™Γ΅k

    Letter Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ (from Summer Song)

    Soloist: Lawrence Naismith

  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    1812 Overture

    Orchestra: University of Minnesota Brass Band, Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Antal Dorati

  • Glasgow Orpheus Choir

    The Twenty-Third Psalm

  • Book Choice

    • ,

  • Luxury Choice

    • Shaving kit and a leather armchair

Credit

Presenter Roy Plomley

Broadcast

  • Mon 5 Dec 1966 13:10
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Service

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