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Jack Hulbert

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Jack Hulbert.

Luxury: Cigarettes

40 minutes

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New Year's Day 1952 18:20
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Music Played

  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Seasons - June (Barcarolle)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Efrem Kurtz

  • Richard Wagner - Isolde's Narrative and Curse (from Tristan und Isolde)

    Soloist: Kirsten Flagstad Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra Conductor: Issay Dobrowen

  • Al Jolson

    Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody

  • Cicely Courtneidge

    Things Are Looking Up

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    A Midsummer Nights Dream Overture

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Thomas Beecham

  • Richard Wagner - Rienzi Overture

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Hans Knappertsbusch

  • William Walton

    To be or not to be (from Hamlet)

    Artist: Sir Laurence Olivier Orchestra: Philharmonic Orchestra

  • Cicely Courtneidge & Company

    Laughing Gas

  • Luxury Choice

    • Cigarettes

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Jack Hulbert

Broadcast

  • New Year's Day 1952 18:20
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Service

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