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Stephen Grenfell

Roy Plomley's castaway is writer and broadcaster Stephen Grenfell.

Favourite track: The Last Post by Sikh Regiment 2nd Battalion Buglers
Book: Golden Treasury by Francis Palgrave
Luxury: Writing materials

30 minutes

Last on

Mon 10 Aug 1964 13:40
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Service

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Music Played

  • Eve Boswell

    Sarie Marais

  • The Mantovani Orchestra

    Ramona

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Sikh Regiment 2nd Battalion Buglers

      The Last Post

  • George Gershwin

    Rhapsody in Blue

    Orchestra: Columbia Symphony Orchestra Composer: Leonard Bernstein

  • I Dream of Jeannie With the Light Brown Hair

  • William Shakespeare

    Shall I Compare Thee to a Summers Day? (Sonnet 18)

    Artist: Peggy Ashcroft

  • The Melachrino Strings And Orchestra

    The Legend of the Glass Mountain

  • King's College Chapel Choir

    Abide With Me

  • Book Choice

    • Golden Treasury - Francis Palgrave

  • Luxury Choice

    • Writing materials

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Stephen Grenfell

Broadcast

  • Mon 10 Aug 1964 13:40
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Service

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