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Bill Boorne

Roy Plomley's castaway is columnist Bill Boorne.

Favourite track: Piano Concerto No 3 in D Minor by Sergei Rachmaninov
Book: Other Men's Flowers by Lord A P Wavell
Luxury: Snooker table

35 minutes

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Mon 19 Feb 1968 12:25
主播大秀 Service

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Music Played

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Libiamo, ne' lieti calici (Brindisi) (from La traviata)

    Soloist: Harry Secombe, Adele Leigh

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Sergey Rachmaninov

      Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor

      Soloist: Vladimir Ashkenazy Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Anatole Fistoulari

  • Julie Wilson

    Always True to You in My Fashion

  • Evelyn Laye

    I'll See You Again

  • William Shakespeare

    Now is the winter of our discontent (from Richard III)

    Artist: Laurence Olivier

  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Swan Lake - Dance of the Little Swans

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Herbert von Karajan

  • Benjamin Britten

    Jubilate Deo in C major

    Choir: St John's College Choir, Cambridge

  • Keith Michell & June Bronhill

    I Know Now

  • Book Choice

    • Other Men's Flowers - Lord A P Wavell

  • Luxury Choice

    • Snooker table

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Bill Boorne

Broadcasts

  • Sat 17 Feb 1968 13:10
    主播大秀 Service
  • Mon 19 Feb 1968 12:25
    主播大秀 Service

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