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Castaway's favourite
Ludwig van Beethoven
Für Elise
Soloist: Alfred Brendel
Margaret Lockwood
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Broadcast
First broadcast: Sat 16 Sep 1972
British actor
Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Margaret Lockwood.
Choices
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Marino Marini and his Quartet
Volare
6.
Eton College Musical Society
Eton Boating Song
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Johann Strauss II
Tales From The Vienna Woods
Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Willi Boskovsky
Broadcast
First broadcast: Wed 25 Apr 1951
The Lady Vanishes actor
Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Margaret Lockwood.
Choices
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John Rorke
Eton Boating Song
Artist: London Community Singers
3.
Vanessa Lee
Someday My Heart Will Awake (from Kings Rhapsody)
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Fantasia On Greensleeves
Orchestra: Hallé Orchestra Conductor: John Barbirolli
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Tchaikovsky
Swan Lake - Act 4 (finale)
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Antal Dorati
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Delia Murphy & Arthur Darley
The Spinning Wheel
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Richard Wagner
Ride of the Valkyries (from Die Walküre)
Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Wilhelm Furtwängler
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