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Sir Osbert Lancaster

Roy Plomley's castaway is cartoonist Sir Osbert Lancaster.

Favourite track: Ein' Feste Burg Ist Unser Gott by Johann Sebastian Bach
Book: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon
Luxury: Live sturgeon

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40 minutes

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Fri 28 Dec 1979 09:05
±«Óătv Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Che farò senza Euridice (What is Life?) (from Orpheus and Euridice)

  • Lotte Lenya

    Alabama Song

  • Douglas Byng

    Spring

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves (Nabucco)

    Performer: Chorus of La Scala, Milan.

  • Noel Coward & Gertrude Lawrence

    Private Lives

  • Francis Poulenc

    Les Mamelles de Tirésias

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Apollon musagète

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Johann Sebastian Bach

      Cantata No. 80: Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott

  • Book Choice

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

  • Luxury Choice

    • Live sturgeon

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Sir Osbert Lancaster

Broadcasts

  • Sat 22 Dec 1979 18:15
    ±«Óătv Radio 4
  • Fri 28 Dec 1979 09:05
    ±«Óătv Radio 4

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