Ben Travers

Desert Island Discs: Archive 1971-1975 by BBC

May 10, 197525:31Society & Culture

Roy Plomley's castaway is farce writer Ben Travers. Favourite track: My Love Parade by Maurice Chevalier Book: The collected works by Robert Browning Luxury: Pipes and tobacco

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