Bidu Sayão

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

Bidu Sayão — Artist · desert is.land

Artist

3 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

1950s

Peak decade

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Robin Hanbury-Tenison
Robin Hanbury-Tenison on spending three months alone in a small boat in the rainforest
Castaway · 24 November 1984Roy Plomley
Julian Bream
Julian Bream on his first professional engagement at a Russian prince's party
Castaway · 5 June 1961Roy Plomley

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

How a fallen brick got Benno Moiseiwitsch expelled from school

Castaway · 27 October 1958Roy Plomley