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Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Jean Kent.

40 minutes

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Wed 25 Jul 1951 18:20

Music Played

  • Jacques Offenbach/Rosenthal

    GaΓ®tΓ© Parisienne

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Efrem Kurtz

  • Marie Lloyd

    A Little Of What You Fancy Does You Good

  • Franz LehΓ΅r

    Girls were made to love and kiss (from Paganini)

    Artist: Richard Tauber

  • Claude Debussy

    Arabesque No. 1

    Artist: John Cockerill

  • Duke Ellington and His Orchestra

    Jubilee Stomp

  • Johann Strauss II - Ach wie so herrlich (from A Night in Venice)

    Soloist: Erich Kunz Orchestra: Vienna Volksoper Orchestra

  • Giuseppe Verdi/Liszt

    Rigoletto: Concert Paraphrase

    Soloist: Egon Petri

  • Johann Strauss II - Die Fledermaus Act 2 (finale)

    Soloist: Sieglinde Wagner, Julius Patzak, Kurt Preger, Hilde Guden, Alfred Poell, Wilma Lipp Choir: Vienna State Opera Chorus Orchestra: Philharmonic Orchestra

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Jean Kent

Broadcast

  • Wed 25 Jul 1951 18:20

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