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G O Nickalls

Roy Plomley's castaway is rower G O Nickalls.

Favourite track: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring by Johann Sebastian Bach
Book: Pear's Cyclopaedia
Luxury: Rembrandt's Titus

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6 minutes

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Mon 21 Mar 1966 13:10
±«Óãtv Service

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Music Played

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Johann Sebastian Bach

      Jesu, Joy of Mans Desiring from Cantata BWV 147

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Dove sono (from The Marriage of Figaro)

  • Helga Mott

    Ich Weiss auf den Wieden ein kleines Hotel

  • Arthur Sullivan

    Strange Ddventure (from The Yeomen of the Guard)

    Librettist: William Gilbert.

  • John Kerr

    Younger than Springtime

  • Cleo Laine

    Cry of the Peacock

  • The Beatles

    All My Loving

  • Deller Consort

    The Bee and the Snake

  • Book Choice

    • Pear's Cyclopaedia

  • Luxury Choice

    • Rembrandt's Titus

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest G O Nickalls

Broadcast

  • Mon 21 Mar 1966 13:10
    ±«Óãtv Service

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