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Bob Braithwaite

Roy Plomley's castaway is clay pigeon shooting champion Bob Braithwaite.

Favourite track: Silent Night, Holy Night by Bing Crosby
Book: The Second World War by Sir Winston Churchill
Luxury: Piano

30 minutes

Last on

Mon 30 Dec 1968 12:25
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Johann Strauss

    Radetzky March

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Rudolf Kempe

  • Jim Reeves

    Beautiful Dreamer

  • The Scots Guards

    Scotland the Brave

  • Josef Strauss

    Dorfschwalben aus Osterreich

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Willi Boskovsky

  • The Band of the Coldstream Guards

    Milanollo from The Coldstream March

  • Johannes Brahms

    Wiegenlied, Op. 49/4

    Soloist: Rita Streich, Gunther Weissenborn

  • Franz von SuppΓ¨

    Poet and Peasant Overture

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Silent Night, Holy Night

  • Book Choice

    • The Second World War - Sir Winston Churchill

  • Luxury Choice

    • Piano

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Bob Braithwaite

Broadcast

  • Mon 30 Dec 1968 12:25
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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