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Ted Willis

Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Ted Willis.

Favourite track: Symphony No 2 in D Major by Jean Sibelius
Book: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Luxury: Concertina

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8 minutes

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Mon 8 Apr 1963 13:40
Home Service

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Music Played

  • Hubert Parry

    Jerusalem

    Choir: Royal Choral Society Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra Conductor: Malcolm Sargent

  • Paul Robeson

    Songs My Mother Taught Me

  • David Kossof

    Don't Have Any More, Mrs Moore

  • Jack Warner

    An Ordinary Copper

  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No. 6 in B minor 'Path茅tique'

    Orchestra: Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Yevgeny Mravinsky

  • Lionel Long

    Click Go the Shears

  • Mike Sarne

    Come Outside

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Jean Sibelius

      Symphony No. 2 in D major

      Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Thomas Beecham

  • Book Choice

    • War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy

  • Luxury Choice

    • Concertina

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Ted Willis

Broadcast

  • Mon 8 Apr 1963 13:40
    Home Service

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