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Heather Jenner

Roy Plomley's castaway is businesswoman Heather Jenner.

Favourite track: Sonata No 18 in E Flat Major (Opus 31 No 3) by Ludwig van Beethoven
Book: The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens and Bleak House by Charles Dickens and Martin Chuzzlewit by Charles Dickens
Luxury: Golf clubs and balls

35 minutes

Last on

Mon 31 Jul 1967 13:10

Music Played

  • Fats Waller

    The Moon is Low

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Ludwig van Beethoven

      Piano Sonata No. 18 in E flat major, Op. 31/3

      Soloist: Artur Schnabel

  • Georges Bizet

    Je vais danser en votre honneur (from Carmen)

    Soloist: Conchita Supervia

  • Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor

    Soloist: Tamas Vasary Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Cinque dieci (from The Marriage Of Figaro)

    Soloist: Gundula Janowitz, Walter Berry Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra Conductor: Otto Klemperer

  • Benjamin Britten

    The Turn of the Screw Act 1

    Soloist: David Hemmings, Olive Dyer Orchestra: English Opera Group Orchestra Conductor: Benjamin Britten

  • Irene Handl & Peter Sellers

    Shadows on the Grass

  • Johannes Brahms

    Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major

    Soloist: Artur Rubinstein Orchestra: RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Josef Krips

  • Book Choice

    • The Pickwick Papers - Charles Dickens, Bleak House - Charles Dickens, Martin Chuzzlewit - Charles Dickens

  • Luxury Choice

    • Golf clubs and balls

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Heather Jenner

Broadcast

  • Mon 31 Jul 1967 13:10

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