Bix Beiderbecke and His Gang

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

Bix Beiderbecke and His Gang — Artist · desert is.land

Artist

4 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

1970s

Peak decade

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Damian Lewis
Damian Lewis on asking President Obama about going into Iran
Castaway · 30 November 2014Kirsty Young
Jack Lemmon
Jack Lemmon on his childhood nickname 'Jack Eulemon'
Castaway · 8 October 1989Sue Lawley

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

Colin Wilson on sleeping out on Hampstead Heath while writing The Outsider

Castaway · 21 October 1978Roy Plomley

13°05′S 142°56′W

Alan Coren on selling his first piece to Punch

Castaway · 21 January 1978Roy Plomley