Harry Whitlohn

Sir Harry Whitlohn was a fictitious character who appeared as a "castaway" on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 1 April 1963 - April Fools' Day[1][2]

He was variously presented as a "man of affairs, musician, mountaineer, and mystic", an "88-year-old mountaineer, mystic and spy" and "the only man living who had collaborated with Brahms".[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ "Desert Island Discs - Castaway : Sir Harry Whitlohn". BBC Online. BBC. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  2. 1 2 Blau, Rosie. "Island nation". Financial Times. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  3. ↑ "BBC Home Service Basic, 1 April 1963 13.10". Radio Times (BBC) 158 (2035). 28 March 1963.
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