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Harry Secombe

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor and comedian Harry Secombe.

Luxury: Collapsible concrete model of Broadcasting House

30 minutes

Last on

Mon 10 Sep 1956 13:10
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Service

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Music Played

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Fantasia On Greensleeves

    Orchestra: HallΓ© Orchestra Conductor: John Barbirolli

  • Royal Welsh Male Choir

    Sospan Fach

  • Beniamino Gigli

    Casarella

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    O, for the wings of a dove (from Hear My Prayer)

    Soloist: Ernest Lough, G Thalben-Ball Choir: Choir Of Temple Church, Temple

  • Giacomo Puccini

    E Lucevan Le Stelle (from Tosca)

    Soloist: Guiseppe di Stefano

  • Dylan Thomas

    Polly Garter's Song (from Under Milk Wood)

    Artist: Diana Maddox

  • Flanagan and Allen

    Underneath The Arches

  • Walter Huston

    September Song

  • Luxury Choice

    • Collapsible concrete model of Broadcasting House

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Harry Secombe

Broadcast

  • Mon 10 Sep 1956 13:10
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Service

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