Tuning in…
Tuning in…
Castaway
1 appearance
At 13, the head chorister of King's College Chapel, Cambridge, and the programme's youngest guest.
On the island
Eight records
Sir Adrian Boult conducting the New Philharmonia Orchestra
Um I don't know, I just like it. I went to um performance of it in Birmingham, which I thought was very good, and that's where I really caught on to it.
Siciliano from Flute Sonata in E-flat major, BWV 1031
Maxence Larrieu and Raphael Puyana
To remind me of my flute playing, really. Because I learned the flute at school.
A Sea Symphony: I. A Song for All Seas, All Ships
André Previn conducting the London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
Reminds me of boats, and I like that. I like making them as well, models of them.
In conversation
Presenter asks
0:45Have you ever daydreamed about being a Robinson Crusoe?
No, I haven't, in fact.
Presenter asks
0:59What would you be happiest to have got away from?
People. … Um, just about, al almost, apart from my family, I think just about everyone else.
Presenter asks
6:08How did you feel about being a boarder? Was it a wrench to start with?
Well, it was a bit being torn away from being at home all the time. I was eight when I first went. But, uh, you settle down and forget it usually with all your friends around. You don't you don't seem to realize the loss after a bit.
Presenter asks
13:29What are the duties of the head chorister?
Well, the head chorister and the second senior chorister share the duties of looking after the boys while walking to and from school and crossing the roads and this sort of thing and keeping them orderly while they're in the so-called crocodile and this is shared by both of them so that there's not too much strain on one person.
The keepsakes
The luxury
Presenter asks
14:24Do you think there might be girls in the choir when you go back to King's as an undergraduate?
I don't think that that it's likely that there will be any girls in the choir, at least not with Mr. Wilcox around.
Presenter asks
17:31How well could you look after yourself on a desert island, and if you could construct a raft, would you try to escape?
Fairly reasonably, I think. … Yes, I think I'd be good enough, anyway. … Um, yes, I have once or twice, and I've been on a barge and the canals. … It would depend upon the mainland where I was heading for. I'd probably build a fire anyway on top of the the highest point, in case of passing ships or planes, keep that burning.
“Um, just about, al almost, apart from my family, I think just about everyone else.”
“But, uh, you settle down and forget it usually with all your friends around. You don't you don't seem to realize the loss after a bit.”
“Well, the head chorister and the second senior chorister share the duties of looking after the boys while walking to and from school and crossing the roads and this sort of thing and keeping them orderly while they're in the so-called crocodile and this is shared by both of them so that there's not too much strain on one person.”
“I don't think that that it's likely that there will be any girls in the choir, at least not with Mr. Wilcox around.”
“It would depend upon the mainland where I was heading for. I'd probably build a fire anyway on top of the the highest point, in case of passing ships or planes, keep that burning.”