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Raymond Huntley

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Raymond Huntley.

Favourite track: Symphony No 5 in E Minor by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Book: Cakes and Ale by W. Somerset Maugham and The Razor's Edge by W. Somerset Maugham and The Circle by W. Somerset Maugham
Luxury: Whisky

35 minutes

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Mon 19 Jun 1967 13:10
Home Service

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Music Played

  • Sid Field and Company

    Sid Field Plays Golf

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Jesu, Joy of Mans Desiring from Cantata BWV 147

    Soloist: Myra Hess

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony No. 4 in A major 'Italian'

    Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande Conductor: Ernest Ansermet

  • Prize Song (from Die Meistersinger von N眉rnberg)

    Soloist: Sandor Konya Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Oscar Straus

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No. 40 in G minor

    Orchestra: Columbia Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Bruno Walter

  • Noel Coward & Gertrude Lawrence

    Private Lives Act 1

  • Reri Grist

    Somewhere

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Symphony No. 5 in E minor

      Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Pierre Monteux

  • Book Choice

    • Cakes and Ale - W. Somerset Maugham, The Razor's Edge - W. Somerset Maugham, The Circle - W. Somerset Maugham

  • Luxury Choice

    • Whisky

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Raymond Huntley

Broadcast

  • Mon 19 Jun 1967 13:10
    Home Service

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