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Reverend Dr P B Clayton

Roy Plomley's castaway is the founder of Toc H, the Reverend Dr Philip Byard Clayton.

Favourite track: Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes by Alvar Lidell & Gerald Moore
Book: Patrologiae Curses Completus (221 volumes) by Jacques Paul Migne
Luxury: Pipes, tobacco, matches and a compass

35 minutes

Last on

Mon 4 Dec 1967 12:25

Music Played

  • Peter Jackson

    Waltzing Matilda

  • Arthur Sullivan

    I have a song to sing (from The Yeoman of the Guard)

    Librettist: William Gilbert.
  • Peter Sellers

    My Old Dutch

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565

    Conductor: Leopold Stokowski. Performer: The Philadelphia Orchestra.
  • Gracie Fields

    The Biggest Aspidistra in the World

  • Henry Smart

    Postlude in D Major

  • London Recital Group

    He Who Would Valiant Be

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Alvar Lidell & Gerald Moore

      Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes

  • Book Choice

    • Patrologiae Curses Completus (221 volumes) - Jacques Paul Migne

  • Luxury Choice

    • Pipes, tobacco, matches and a compass

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Reverend Dr P B Clayton

Broadcasts

  • Sat 2 Dec 1967 13:10
  • Mon 4 Dec 1967 12:25

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