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Quentin Reynolds

Roy Plomley's castaway is writer and correspondent Quentin Reynolds.

Favourite track: There's a Small Hotel by Ella Fitzgerald
Book: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon
Luxury: Typewriter and paper

30 minutes

Last on

Mon 18 Feb 1963 13:40

Music Played

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 5 in C minor

    Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande Conductor: Ernest Ansermet

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Ella Fitzgerald

      There's a Small Hotel

  • Liebestod (from Tristan und Isolde)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Bruno Walter

  • Flanagan and Allen

    Underneath The Arches

  • Rex Harrison & Julie Andrews

    The Rain in Spain

  • Vaughn Meader

    The Malayan Ambassador

  • Frank Sinatra

    A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square

  • Winston Churchill

    This was Their Finest Hour (speech, 18 June 1940)

  • Book Choice

    • The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Edward Gibbon

  • Luxury Choice

    • Typewriter and paper

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Quentin Reynolds

Broadcast

  • Mon 18 Feb 1963 13:40

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