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Sir Frank Francis

Roy Plomley's castaway is British Museum Director Sir Frank Francis.

Favourite track: Symphony No 5 in C Minor (Opus 67) by Ludwig van Beethoven
Book: The Duke's Children by Anthony Trollope and the Oxford English Dictionary
Luxury: Golf clubs and balls

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Mon 14 Mar 1966 13:10
Home Service

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Music Played

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 3 in E flat major 'Eroica'

  • George Frideric Handel

    He shall feed His flock (from Messiah)

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Horn Concerto No. 3 in E flat major

  • Rex Harrison

    Why Can't the English?

  • Leonard Bernstein

    West Side Story Prologue

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    St Matthew Passion - Wiessage uns, Christe, wer ist's, der dich schlug?

  • Arthur Sullivan

    In a contemplative fashion (from The Gondoliers)

    Librettist: William Gilbert.

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Ludwig van Beethoven

      Symphony No. 5 in C minor

  • Book Choice

    • The Duke's Children - Anthony Trollope,

  • Luxury Choice

    • Golf clubs and balls

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Sir Frank Francis

Broadcast

  • Mon 14 Mar 1966 13:10
    Home Service

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