Roy Castle on cancer fundraising

Title

Roy Castle on cancer fundraising

Genre

Interview

TX Date

18 Jul 1994

Year of production

1994

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Duration

00:03:36

Description

Interview with entertainer Roy Castle from his hospital bed where he’s in the final stages of his fight against lung cancer. Castle has set out on a gruelling fundraising tour of Britain to raise £12million to build the first international lung cancer research centre in Liverpool. Doctors have given him a five percent chance of survival and he’s vowing to devote the rest of his life to the cause. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Roy Castle

Keywords

Entertainers; UK; Great Britain; Liverpool; Fundraising; Charities; Cancer; Medical research; Appeals; Roy Castle; Lung cancer

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