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Harry Wheatcroft

Roy Plomley's castaway is rose grower Harry Wheatcroft.

Favourite track: Clair de Lune by Claude Debussy
Book: Lives by Plutarch
Luxury: Rose trees

30 minutes

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Mon 8 Jun 1964 13:40
Home Service

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Music Played

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Claude Debussy

      Clair de lune (from Suite bergamasque)

  • Arthur Sullivan

    When All Night Long

    Librettist: William Gilbert.

  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Swan Lake

  • Georges Bizet

    Votre toast (Toreador's Song) (from Carmen)

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Flight of the bumble-bee (from The Tale of Tsar Saltan)

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Prelude in C sharp minor, Op. 3/2

  • Frank Titterton

    The English Rose

  • Arthur Sullivan

    When all night long a chap remains (from Iolanthe)

    Librettist: William Gilbert.

  • Book Choice

    • Lives - Plutarch

  • Luxury Choice

    • Rose trees

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Harry Wheatcroft

Broadcast

  • Mon 8 Jun 1964 13:40
    Home Service

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