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Cyril Mills

Roy Plomley's castaway is director Cyril Mills.

Favourite track: People Will Say We're in Love by Alfred Drake & Joan Roberts
Book: Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
Luxury: Bed

30 minutes

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Mon 30 Jan 1961 13:10
Home Service

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Music Played

  • Jean Sablon

    J'Attendrai

  • Richard Addinsell

    Warsaw Concerto

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Un bel di vedremo (One fine day) (from Madama Butterfly)

    Soloist: Victoria de los Angeles Orchestra: Rome Opera Orchestra

  • Bing Crosby

    White Christmas

  • Winston Churchill

    Every Man to His Post (speech, 11 September 1940)

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Celeste Aida (from Aida)

    Soloist: Jussi Bj枚rling

  • Maurice Chevalier

    Thank Heaven For Little Girls

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Alfred Drake & Joan Roberts - People Will Say We're in Love

  • Book Choice

    • Les Miserables - Victor Hugo

  • Luxury Choice

    • Bed

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Cyril Mills

Broadcast

  • Mon 30 Jan 1961 13:10
    Home Service

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