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David Frost

Roy Plomley's castaway is broadcaster David Frost.

Favourite track: Finlandia by Jean Sibelius
Book: Set of Hansard
Luxury: Paper and felt-tipped pens

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9 minutes

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Mon 27 Dec 1971 12:25

Music Played

  • Roberta Flack

    The Impossible Dream

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Jean Sibelius

      Finlandia

      Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Hermann

  • Ella Mitchell

    Go Tell It On A Mountain

  • Willy Millowitsch

    Get Me To The Church On Time

  • George Frideric Handel

    Ombra mai fu (Largo) (from Xerxes)

    Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra Conductor: Eugene Ormandy

  • Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars

    Blueberry Hill

  • Bobby Kennedy & David Frost

    Bobby Kennedy interviewed by David Frost

  • Winston Churchill

    Meeting With Roosevelt (Speech 24/08/41)

  • Martin Luther King, Jr.

    I Have A Dream (June 1963)

  • Book Choice

    • Set of Hansard

  • Frank Sinatra

    Love's Been Good To Me

  • Luxury Choice

    • Paper and felt-tipped pens

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Chi il bel sogno di Doretta (from La Rondine)

    Soloist: Leontyne Price Orchestra: Rome Opera House Orchestra Conductor: Oliviero de Fabritiis

  • David Frost

    The Frost Repost On Everything (Excerpt)

  • Barbra Streisand

    Why Did I Choose You?

  • Billy Graham Los Angeles Crusade Choir

    The Lord's Prayer

  • Sammy Davis Jr.

    My Way

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest David Frost

Broadcasts

  • Christmas Day 1971 19:00
  • Mon 27 Dec 1971 12:25

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