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Lord Robens

Roy Plomley's castaway is Chairman of the National Coal Board Lord Robens.

Favourite track: Caprice Viennois by Fritz Kreisler
Book: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon
Luxury: Electric razor with batteries

35 minutes

Last on

Mon 29 Nov 1965 13:10
Home Service

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Music Played

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Fritz Kreisler

      Caprice Viennois

  • Jacques Offenbach

    Barcarolle (from Tales of Hoffman)

    Orchestra: Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden Conductor: Georg Solti

  • Hubert Parry

    Jerusalem

    Choir: Royal Choral Society Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra Conductor: Malcolm Sargent

  • Owen Brannigan & Ernest Lush

    Leanin'

  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor

    Soloist: Sviatoslav Richter Orchestra: Vienna Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Herbert von Karajan

  • Gustav Holst

    Venus (from The Planets)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Malcolm Sargent

  • George Gershwin

    Rhapsody in Blue

  • Climb Every Mountain

  • Book Choice

    • The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Edward Gibbon

  • Luxury Choice

    • Electric razor with batteries

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Lord Robens

Broadcast

  • Mon 29 Nov 1965 13:10
    Home Service

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