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Roy Plomley's castaway is writer and actor John Bird.

Favourite track: String Quartet No 13 in B Flat (Opus 130) by Ludwig van Beethoven
Book: The Lives of the Poets by Dr Samuel Johnson
Luxury: Self-operated nuclear strike force

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Mon 29 Jan 1968 12:25
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Music Played

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No. 104 in D major 'London'

    Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Hans Rosbaud

  • Pierre Boulez

    Le marteau sans ma卯tre

    Soloist: Marie Therese Cahn

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 7 in A major

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra Conductor: Otto Klemperer

  • Anton Webern

    Variations for Orchestra, Op. 30

  • Miles Davis

    So What

  • Leos Jan谩膷ek

    Glagolitic Mass

    Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Orchestra Conductor: Rafael Kubelik

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Ludwig van Beethoven

      String Quartet No. 13 in B flat major, Op. 130

      Orchestra: Amadeus String Quartet

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Art of Fugue - Contrapunctus No. 13b

    Orchestra: Philomusica of London

  • Book Choice

    • The Lives of the Poets - Dr Samuel Johnson

  • Luxury Choice

    • Self-operated nuclear strike force

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest John Bird

Broadcasts

  • Sat 27 Jan 1968 13:10
    Home Service
  • Mon 29 Jan 1968 12:25
    Home Service

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