Stories of the first balloon aeronauts and mankind's timeless yearning to be airborne. 
1.
Glasgow Orpheus Choir
The Blue Bird
Derek Oldham
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Broadcast
First broadcast: Mon 12 Sep 1966
Musician, Comedian
Roy Plomley's castaway is musician and comedian Derek Oldham.
Choices
2.
Umberto Giordano
Un di, all'azzurro spazio from Andre Chenier
Soloist: Aureliano Pertile Orchestra: New Symphony Orchestra Conductor: John Barbirolli
4.
Gilbert & Sullivan
When the buds are blossoming (from Ruddigore)
Soloist: Muriel Dickson, Dorothy Gill et al
6.
Castaway's favourite
Richard Wagner
Siegfried Idyll
Orchestra: Columbia Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Bruno Walter
8.
César Franck
Symphonic Variations
Soloist: Peter Katin Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Goossens
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