André Previn

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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

André Previn — Artist · desert is.land

Artist

5 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

1970s

Peak decade

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Sir Michael Hordern
Michael Hordern on being compared to an Armenian carpet seller
Castaway · 15 February 1987Michael Parkinson
Charlotte Lamb
Charlotte Lamb on writing an entire novel in three days
Castaway · 10 September 1983Roy Plomley
Stanley Holloway

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

Stanley Holloway on his first job taking his boss's head to be ironed

Castaway · 25 October 1975Roy Plomley

09°34′S 050°37′W

Beverly Sills on cutting up a costume to get it made silver

Castaway · 18 November 1972Roy Plomley

11°35′S 058°17′W

How the musical Breakfast at Tiffany's flopped disastrously for Richard Chamberlain

Castaway · 14 March 1970Roy Plomley