Frank Bough

Desert Island Discs

BBC

Society & Culture, Music Commentary, Music, Personal Journals

4.4 • 13.7K Ratings

🗓️ 26 April 1987

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Frank Bough has been described as "the most unassailable performer on British television". In conversation with Michael Parkinson, he looks back on his 25 years with the BBC, working on, amongst others, Sportsnight, Grandstand, Nationwide, and recently, Breakfast Time. He also chooses the eight records he would take to the mythical island.

[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

Favourite track: Violin Concerto in B Minor by Edward Elgar Book: Barclays World of Cricket by Jim Swanton Luxury: Contact lenses

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello I'm Krusty Young and this is a podcast from the Desert Island Discs archive.
0:05.0	For rights reasons we've had to shorten the music.
0:08.0	The program was originally broadcast in 1987 and the presenter was Michael Parkinson. A castaway was once described as Aunt His Breakfast Time Uncle, the most unassailable performer on British television.
0:37.0	Since joining the BBC some 25 years ago, he's been the unflappable assured anchorman of
0:42.0	a sports night, grandstand, nationwide and
0:44.4	latterly breakfast time. I've always thought that if my life depended on the smooth
0:48.8	handling of a TV show our castaway will be my first choice to be in charge.
0:53.4	He is Frank Boff.
0:54.9	Frank as I say you're perceived as this unflappable
0:58.0	in charge character.
0:59.8	Would that make you good on a desert island do you think?
1:02.2	Well I don't think it would. I've got a very long fuse and you know when the roof starts falling in I quite enjoy that but they put my leg on all the programs I've worked on.
1:11.0	I suddenly kind of changed gear and I really do enjoy that. It's a
1:14.1	curious kind of skill really which is nothing to do with any sort of homework or
1:18.2	professionalism that sort of comes to you and I suppose if you've got it then you're
1:21.9	very lucky.
1:22.6	Whether it would see me out on a desert island, I'm not quite certain because practically I'm not very good.
1:28.0	You couldn't build yourself a boat or something?
1:30.0	Well, I would have to, but I'm the sort of laughing stock at home about it. give me a hammer and I will destroy the house and I still don't know how to change a plug all those colours
1:37.6	You know what about being lost and lonely would you be lonely? I mean, do you like your own company?
1:42.6	From time to time I do, enormously.
1:44.4	And I suppose I could put up with it for a while.
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