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Basil Boothroyd

Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian and broadcaster Basil Boothroyd.

Favourite track: Piano Concerto no 23 in A Major (Orchestral Opening) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Book: The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations
Luxury: Current popular newspaper

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Mon 14 Jan 1963 13:40
Home Service

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Music Played

  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

    Super flumina Babylonis

    Choir: Westminster Abbey Choir

  • Vladimir Horowitz

    Etincelles

  • Coleman Hawkins & Freddy Johnson

    Devotion

  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Don Juan's Serenade, Op. 38/1

    Soloist: Boris Christoff, Alexandre Labinsky

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major - 1st movement (opening)

      Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Josef Krips

  • The Dave Brubeck Quartet

    Georgia on my Mind

  • William Shakespeare

    To be or not to be (from Hamlet)

    Artist: John Gielgud

  • Bernard Cribbins

    Verily

  • Book Choice

    • The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations

  • Luxury Choice

    • Current popular newspaper

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Basil Boothroyd

Broadcast

  • Mon 14 Jan 1963 13:40
    Home Service

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