Tuning in…
Tuning in…
Castaway
1 appearance
A celebrated broadcaster in both sound and television, known for his work in radio and TV.
On the island
Eight records
Nocturne No. 12 in G major, Op. 37 No. 2
I think with Chopin, because my mother adored Chopin, used to play it and in her times of melancholy she was a very beautiful, talented and wonderful woman, but inclined to I think you might call it melancholy.
Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, conducted by Ernest Ansermet
He reminded me of the story of the La Pere Medie d'Anfon. and the ballet in which Nudjinski had appeared, and this made an enormous impression on me, and I always see this fawn-like figure.
Summer Night on the RiverFavourite
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham
The Delius represents to me The happiest moments, anyway, are those days. and I still get carried back to the scene. by his Summer Night on the River.
I think I really must choose this big change in my life and what I remember about it. The biggest opera, the lyric When I first saw Frederic Ramelow and the beautiful Lovett Fraser costumes, the whole production really got into my mind.
Nights in the Gardens of Spain
I think I was by this time. forming my own opinions and likes. and I fell in love with the Spanish composers, particularly De Faya.
I believe that it's quite possible that a whale might turn up, and you haven't allowed for that, have you? ... as Louis Armstrong. has told me. A whale could provide a companion.
In conversation
Presenter asks
0:46Does music play a big part in your life?
Music always has, yes. I think I can be called very musical without knowing very much about it.
Presenter asks
8:22What did you want to be [when you were young]?
Well he noticed my tendency to show off, but he also thought he perceived some talent, so I suppose he must have been right. I had no great ambition to do this.
Presenter asks
8:31What was your first job?
Well my first job was a most unfortunate thing. My stepfather and the large house at Windsor and all that thing went fat because the bank of which he was manager uh went bankrupt and so did he and the whole thing was sold up. I was earning at the time a pound a week in the city, learning the business of stockbroking.
Presenter asks
14:07Did you speak the very first words on the television service?
Yes, I did.
The keepsakes
The book
I think perhaps the life of Leonardo da Vinci Uh everybody thinks that's a rather odd choice, but he was such a an fantastic man with so many original ideas about ordinary things and extraordinary things. I would love to have had a mind, a brain, rather, like that, together with his artistic capabilities.
The luxury
Silver gilt patch box with a singing bird
It's charming and of course it will bring you the sound of the English countryside. Yes, and I I wouldn't need to bother too much about companionship because he's so damn cheerful.
Presenter asks
15:54How long did you stay in that television appointment?
Until 1939, it became obvious that we were not going to continue much longer if war broke out.
Presenter asks
18:54In a practical sense, how would you manage on this island? Could you build a shelter?
Yes, I can do that. ... I could fish, I don't think I'd catch anything.
“I want them to remind me. moments in my life or times in my life which I should and do always remember.”
“He really taught me all that I know about understanding because I didn't really. enjoying my school days. I didn't learn anything and I never went to. university, so I was never taught how to think. I've just caught up with it slowly.”
“I think it's unlikely, because all my broken bones would probably fail me at the last moment, or I'd fall through a hole in the raft, or something. I am a little accident-prone.”