A. R. Rahman

Tuning in…

desert is.land

“And if you could take only one…” — a semantic wireless tuned to the Desert Island Discs archive.

The listing

Transmission

Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

A. R. Rahman — Artist · desert is.land

Artist

4 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

2000s

Peak decade

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Alex Crawford
Alex Crawford on her daughter saying you don't like us as much as work
Castaway · 10 January 2016Kirsty Young
Mark Tully
How the smell of marigolds and cow dung told Mark Tully he was home
Castaway · 15 June 2003Sue Lawley
Vittorio Radice

desert is.land

“And if you could take only one…” — a semantic wireless tuned to the Desert Island Discs archive.

The listing

Transmission

Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

Vittorio Radice on playing life for the day in his early twenties

Castaway · 8 June 2003Sue Lawley

10°46′S 006°59′W

Andrew Lloyd Webber on building a toy theatre and getting his first tune published at age eight

Castaway · 31 December 1999Sue Lawley