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Raymond Glendenning

Roy Plomley's castaway is sports commentator Raymond Glendenning.

Favourite track: Toccata and Fugue in D Minor by Bach/Stokowski
Book: Pears Cyclopaedia
Luxury: Watercolour paints

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8 minutes

Last on

Mon 26 Mar 1962 13:10
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Service

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Music Played

  • Gaetano Donizetti

    Chi mi frena (Sextet) (from Lucia di Lammermoor)

  • Cavan O’Connor

    I'll Take You Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Again Kathleen

  • Arthur Sullivan

    Gilbert & Sullivan - Love unrequited robs me of my rest (from Iolanthe)

    Librettist: William Gilbert.

  • Stuart Robertson

    The Spanish Lady

  • Glasgow Orpheus Choir

    The Twenty-Third Psalm

  • Harry Belafonte

    There's a Hole in My Bucket

  • Mary Ellis & Olive Gilbert

    Wings of Sleep

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Johann Sebastian Bach/Stokowski

      Toccata and Fugue in D Minor

  • Book Choice

    • Pears Cyclopaedia

  • Luxury Choice

    • Watercolour paints

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Raymond Glendenning

Broadcast

  • Mon 26 Mar 1962 13:10
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Service

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