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Eric Porter

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Eric Porter.

Favourite track: Symphony No 5 (Opus 47) by Dmitri Shostakovich
Book: Essays by Michel de Montaigne
Luxury: Telescope or microscope

35 minutes

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Mon 24 Apr 1967 13:10
成人快手 Service

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Music Played

  • Johann Strauss

    Radetzky March

    Choir: Vienna Boys' Choir

  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    1812 Overture

    Orchestra: New Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Alexander Gibson

  • Alexander Borodin

    Symphony No. 2 in B minor

    Orchestra: Saxon State Orchestra, Dresden Conductor: Kurt Sanderling

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Polka (from The Golden Age Suite)

    Orchestra: National Symphony Orchestra

  • Madrid Bullfight Band

    Vito

  • Anton Bruckner

    Symphony No. 7 in E major

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Georg Solti

  • Montage of Noises He Would be Glad to Have Left Behind

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Dmitry Shostakovich

      Symphony No 5 (Opus 47)

      Orchestra: New York Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Leonard Bernstein

  • Book Choice

    • Essays - Michel de Montaigne

  • Luxury Choice

    • Telescope or microscope

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Eric Porter

Broadcast

  • Mon 24 Apr 1967 13:10
    成人快手 Service

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