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MacDonald Hastings
Roy Plomley's castaway is journalist and novelist MacDonald Hastings.
Book: Field guide to flora and fauna on the island
Luxury: Handkerchiefs
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Music Played
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Amelita Galli-Curci
Echo Song
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Arthur Sullivan
The Mikado
Librettist: William Gilbert. -
Modest Mussorgsky
Song of the Flea
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Alfred Drake
Song of the Vagabonds from The Vagabond King
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脡dith Piaf
La Vie en Rose
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John Hanson
A Bachelor Gay from The Maid of the Mountains
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Charles Trenet
La Mer
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Mass in B minor - Gloria in excelsis
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Book Choice
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Field guide to flora and fauna on the island
Luxury Choice
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Handkerchiefs
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Roy Plomley |
Interviewed Guest | MacDonald Hastings |
Broadcast
- Mon 16 Aug 1965 13:10Home Service
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