Tuning in…
Tuning in…
Castaway
1 appearance
Scottish Chief of the Clan MacLean and Chief Scout of the Commonwealth.
On the island
Eight records
King's College Choir, Cambridge
Felix Mendelssohn (attrib. Jacob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Charles Wesley – tune)
verses two and three in particular for the descant in verse three
Fingal's Cave (The Hebrides Op. 26)
BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Adrian Boult
reminds of home – the island of Staffa is just off Mull
Massed Pipes and Drums of the Scots Guards
pipe music of his old regiment
Ralph Reader and The Gang Show Company
from the most recent Gang Show; reminds him of the two million Scouts in the Commonwealth
Toccata (from Symphony No. 5 in F minor, Op. 42/1)Favourite
Marcel Dupré, organ of Saint-Sulpice, Paris
lively, vital organ music
the only song he and his daughter could sing in harmony together
God Save the Queen (Coronation Service recording)
The Choir and Orchestra of Westminster Abbey (with the voice of Howard Marshall)
two verses of the National Anthem from the Coronation; includes a spoken voice (Howard Marshall)
In conversation
Presenter asks
1:39Have you any musical talent apart from whistling?
I certainly wouldn't say talent. I was um more or less forced to learn the violin when I was a small boy. … I still thoroughly enjoy strumming a piano, but I don't think other people enjoy it very much.
Presenter asks
5:40I believe you wouldn't like the way [the Campbells] behaved at the time of the '45 Rebellion?
We lost all our property as as a result of the '45, not on the field of battle. It was purely political that my ancestor of that day was imprisoned in the Tower of London for being a good Jacobite.
Presenter asks
12:16Is the [scout] training up to date? … This is the space age. Has the training kept pace?
Well, we're continuously reviewing our training program that we present to the boy and just recently there has been a revision in badges. We've introduced new badges such as badges for skiing. And uh potholing. I think that we are going well ahead. … And of course something quite revolutionary, the recent idea that that uh short trousers are now optional. Yes. Only for the older scout, though.
The keepsakes
The book
bound volumes of the Illustrated London News from the first edition to the latest
Well, in that case, I'd like to choose um A set of uh bound volumes of the Illustrated London News from the first edition to the latest. ... Well, there I think one has uh A wonderful record, both written and pictorial. of um history up to date.
Presenter asks
13:02Is there any shortage of senior scouts, scout masters, and so on?
One of our big problems now is to interest young men and make them realize that voluntary youth leadership is a man's job and a man's job well worth doing.
Presenter asks
15:01As Chief Scout, have you any big ambition, something that you want to see during your years of office?
That's a very very easy one to answer. Very swiftly. Double the number of scouts.
Presenter asks
18:49If [your raft] was reasonably seaworthy, would you try to escape?
Oh, what a difficult question. Um after a certain length of time, I think I'd like to get home, yes.
“I certainly wouldn't say talent. I was um more or less forced to learn the violin when I was a small boy. … I still thoroughly enjoy strumming a piano, but I don't think other people enjoy it very much.”
“I've always had a very soft spot for the Crazy Gang. … they were very good to me at certain times during the war.”
“We lost all our property as as a result of the '45, not on the field of battle. It was purely political that my ancestor of that day was imprisoned in the Tower of London for being a good Jacobite.”
“[Sir Adrian Boult] was a very old friend of the family … some years ago, when [my daughter] was a good deal younger, I asked … whether he'd signed my daughter's autograph book. And … he didn't write his name, he wrote the first six bars of Fingal's Cave.”
“One of our big problems now is to interest young men and make them realize that voluntary youth leadership is a man's job and a man's job well worth doing.”
“[I want to] double the number of scouts.”