Anton Karas

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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

Anton Karas — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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6 episodes

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1990s

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Chili Bouchier
Derek Jameson
Dr Jonathan Miller
Kathleen Hale
Michael Winner
Robbie Coltrane

Michael Winner
Michael Winner on how his father put up with his mother: dying at 65
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Dr Jonathan Miller
Jonathan Miller on his father asking him at 40 what he wants to be
Castaway · 23 January 2005Sue Lawley

desert is.land

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

The listing

Find a castaway
Most requested
Browse the archive
About

Transmission

Broadcasting since 1942
Long wave 198 kHz
An unofficial archive companion
Report a fault

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

Chili Bouchier

Chili Bouchier on how Sybil Thorndyke taught her to say 'powder'

Castaway · 21 January 1996Sue Lawley

Kathleen Hale

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Kathleen Hale

Kathleen Hale on having her sketchbook taken away as a punishment

Castaway · 30 October 1994Sue Lawley

Derek Jameson

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Derek Jameson

How Derek Jameson's invented war-hero father story collapsed when he did the maths

Castaway · 3 July 1994Sue Lawley

Robbie Coltrane

03°38′S 163°30′W

Robbie Coltrane

How a Marlon Brown impersonation in a bar landed Robbie Coltrane his first paid acting job

Castaway · 9 February 1992Sue Lawley

Michael Winner

Dr Jonathan Miller

Kathleen Hale

Derek Jameson

Robbie Coltrane