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Group Captain Leonard Cheshire

Roy Plomley's castaway is charity worker Group Captain Leonard Cheshire.

Favourite track: Christus Factus Est by Choir of the Carmelite Priory, London
Book: Breviary
Luxury: Photograph of the face on the Holy Shroud at Turin

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Mon 30 Sep 1963 13:40
主播大秀 Service

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Music Played

  • Bing Crosby

    Red Sails in the Sunset

  • Claude Debussy

    Clair de lune (from Suite bergamasque)

    Soloist: Walter Gieseking

  • Leslie Ross Singers

    Waltzing Matilda

  • Royal Albert Hall Choral Society

    Silent Night, Holy Night

  • Ravi Shankar

    Rapuk Tal

  • Ron Goodwin and His Concert Orchestra

    Elizabethan Serenade

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Choir of the Carmelite Priory, London

      Christus Factus Est

  • Choir of the Institute of St Gregory, Lyon

    Salve Regina

  • Book Choice

    • Breviary

  • Luxury Choice

    • Photograph of the face on the Holy Shroud at Turin

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Group Captain Leonard Cheshire

Broadcast

  • Mon 30 Sep 1963 13:40
    主播大秀 Service

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