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Apr 1965
27m 18s

George Baker

Bbc Radio 4
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Roy Plomley's castaway is baritone George Baker.

Favourite track: Praise to the Holiest in the Height (from The Dream of Gerontius) by Edward Elgar Book: His favourite works by Charles Dickens Luxury: Writing materials

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