Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

136 episodes

Chosen over the decades

134

Total castaways

1980s

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7

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Alec Clifton-Taylor
André Previn
Anna Raeburn
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Anthony Powell
Antonio Carluccio
Anton Mosimann
Arthur Askey
Arthur C Clarke
Aung San Suu Kyi
Baroness Maria Von Trapp
Barry Norman
Ben Travers
Bertice Reading
Biddy Baxter
Bill Sowerbutts
Bob Worcester
Brian Aldiss
Bryan Stevenson
Carla Lane
Cate Blanchett
Catherine Gaskin
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John Thaw
Castaway · 7 October 1990Sue Lawley
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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

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

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Sheila Steafel

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Joseph Allen

Castaway · 13 April 1985Roy Plomley

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Gerry Cottle

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Vlado Perlemuter

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Castaway · 14 July 1984Roy Plomley

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Leo McKern

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Christopher Reeve

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Michael York

Castaway · 25 February 1984Roy Plomley

Bertice Reading

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Sir Ranulph Fiennes

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Sir Ranulph Fiennes

Castaway · 29 October 1983Roy Plomley

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Ian Richardson

Castaway · 24 September 1983Roy Plomley

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Charlotte Lamb

Castaway · 10 September 1983Roy Plomley

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Cindy Buxton & Annie Price

Castaway · 27 August 1983Roy Plomley

Sir Alan King-Hamilton

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Michael Wood

Castaway · 19 March 1983Roy Plomley

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Tom Keating

Castaway · 26 February 1983Roy Plomley

Baroness Maria Von Trapp

04°12′S 105°40′W

Baroness Maria Von Trapp

Castaway · 15 January 1983Roy Plomley

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Mary Ellis

Castaway · 25 December 1982Roy Plomley

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Wilbur Smith

Castaway · 25 September 1982Roy Plomley

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Jenny Agutter

Castaway · 1 May 1982Roy Plomley

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Brian Aldiss

Castaway · 17 April 1982Roy Plomley

Sir William Walton

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Sir William Walton

Castaway · 27 March 1982Roy Plomley

Sir Christopher Leaver

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Sir Christopher Leaver

Castaway · 13 February 1982Roy Plomley

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Diana Dors

Castaway · 21 November 1981Roy Plomley

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Joseph Cotten

Castaway · 24 October 1981Roy Plomley

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James Mason

Castaway · 26 September 1981Roy Plomley

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Alan Jones

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Gloria Swanson

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Carla Lane

Castaway · 28 February 1981Roy Plomley

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David Broome

Castaway · 14 February 1981Roy Plomley

Placido Domingo

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Jose Carreras

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Catherine Gaskin

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Catherine Gaskin

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Ronald Lockley

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V S Naipaul

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Freddie Jones

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Leonard Rossiter

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Leonard Rossiter

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Geoffrey Household

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Geoffrey Household

Castaway · 15 March 1980Roy Plomley

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Susannah York

Castaway · 1 March 1980Roy Plomley

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Claudio Abbado

Castaway · 9 February 1980Roy Plomley

Sir Cecil Beaton

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Sian Phillips

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