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Bob & Alf Pearson

Roy Plomley's castaways are duettists Bob & Alf Pearson.

Favourite track: Tiger Rag
Book: ABC Railway Timetable and A History of the English-Speaking Peoples by Sir Winston Churchill
Luxury: Seeds and a piano

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5 minutes

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Mon 25 Apr 1966 13:10
Home Service

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Music Played

  • Josef Franz Wagner

    Under the Double Eagle

    Orchestra: Munn & Felton's Footwear Band

  • Straight Down the Middle

  • Franz Schubert

    Horch! Horch! Die Lerch (Hark, Hark the Lark), D889

    Soloist: William Murdoch

  • Robert Wilson

    My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose

  • John Stainer

    Fling Wide the Gates from The Crucifixion

    Choir: Leeds Philharmonic Choir

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Andr茅 Kostelanetz Orchestra

      Tiger Rag

  • Julie Andrews

    These Precious Things

  • There's No Business Like Show Business

  • Book Choice

    • , A History of the English-Speaking Peoples - Sir Winston Churchill

  • Luxury Choice

    • Seeds and a piano

Credit

Presenter Roy Plomley

Broadcast

  • Mon 25 Apr 1966 13:10
    Home Service

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