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Des Wilson

Roy Plomley's castaway is the Director of Shelter, Des Wilson.

Favourite track: Wiegenlied (Opus 49 No 4) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Book: Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
Luxury: Typewriter and paper

30 minutes

Last on

Mon 9 Dec 1968 12:25
麻豆社 Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Prelude in A major, Op. 287

    Soloist: Vlado Perlemuter

  • John Rowles

    If I Only Had Time

  • The Pipes and Drums, 1st Battalion Scots Guards

    My Lodging's in the Cold Ground

  • John F. Kennedy

    Inaugural Address (speech, 20 January 1961)

  • Bob Dylan

    Blowin' In The Wind

  • William Shakespeare

    To be or not to be (from Hamlet)

    Artist: John Gielgud

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Johannes Brahms

      Wiegenlied, Op. 49/4

      Soloist: Alfred Cortot

  • George Frideric Handel

    Hallelujah Chorus (from Messiah)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus Conductor: Otto Klemperer

  • Book Choice

    • Robinson Crusoe - Daniel Defoe

  • Luxury Choice

    • Typewriter and paper

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Des Wilson

Broadcast

  • Mon 9 Dec 1968 12:25
    麻豆社 Radio 4

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