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Hermione Gingold

Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Hermione Gingold.

Luxury: Lipstick

40 minutes

Last on

Tue 11 Mar 1952 18:20
Home Service

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Music Played

  • Queen's Light Orchestra

    The Runaway Rocking Horse

  • Benjamin Britten

    Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Malcom Sargent

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Jesu, Joy of Mans Desiring from Cantata BWV 147

    Artist: Myra Hess

  • Jean Sablon

    Paris, tu n'as pas chang茅

  • George Frideric Handel

    Music for the Royal Fireworks

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Adrian Boult

  • Oscar Straus

    La ronde de l'amour (from La Ronde)

    Soloist: Anton Walbrook

  • Paul Weston and His Orchestra

    Some Enchanted Evening

  • C茅sar Franck

    Symphonic Variations

    Soloist: Moura Lympany Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra

  • Luxury Choice

    • Lipstick

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Hermione Gingold

Broadcast

  • Tue 11 Mar 1952 18:20
    Home Service

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