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L Hugh Newman

Roy Plomley's castaway is butterfly farmer L Hugh Newman.

Favourite track: Piano Sonata No 8 in C Minor by Ludwig van Beethoven
Book: Plays and Prefaces by George Bernard Shaw
Luxury: Bed

30 minutes

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Mon 17 Sep 1962 13:10
Home Service

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Music Played

  • Layton & Johnstone

    Lazy

  • Barbara Mullen

    Eileen Oge

  • Robert Schumann

    Du bist wie eine Blume (from Myrthen)

    Soloist: Eric Marshall

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Ludwig van Beethoven

      Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 'Path茅tique'

      Soloist: Walter Gieseking

  • Charles Gounod

    Lend me your aid (from The Queen of Sheba)

    Soloist: Walter Widdop

  • East Side of Heaven

  • Georges Guetary & Lizbeth Webb

    This is My Lovely Day

  • Acker Bilk

    Stranger On The Shore

  • Book Choice

    • Plays and Prefaces - George Bernard Shaw

  • Luxury Choice

    • Bed

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest L Hugh Newman

Broadcast

  • Mon 17 Sep 1962 13:10
    Home Service

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