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Alan Melville

Roy Plomley's castaway is playwright Alan Melville.

Luxury: Tennis practice wall, rackets and balls

30 minutes

Last on

Mon 18 Mar 1957 13:10
Home Service

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Music Played

  • Gioachino Rossini

    The Barber of Seville Overture

    Orchestra: NBC Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Arturo Toscanini

  • Vanessa Lee

    On Such A Night As This

  • 脡douard Lalo

    Symphonie espagnole

    Sololist: Jascha Heifetz Orchestra: RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra

  • Harry Warren

    My one and only highland fling (from The Barkleys of Broadway)

    Soloist: Jo Stafford, Gordon Macrae

  • Victor Borge

    Comedy In Music Vol 1

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Che gelida manina (Your tiny hand is frozen) (from La Boh猫me)

    Soloist: Jussi Bjoerling

  • Muriel Smith

    All On Account Of A Guy

  • Charles Gounod

    Ave Maria

    Soloist: Joan Hammond

  • Luxury Choice

    • Tennis practice wall, rackets and balls

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Alan Melville

Broadcast

  • Mon 18 Mar 1957 13:10
    Home Service

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