Burl Ives

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

Burl Ives — Artist · desert is.land

Artist

4 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

1970s

Peak decade

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

John Sutherland
John Sutherland on putting his nose in a book after his father's death
Castaway · 22 January 2006Sue Lawley
Ursula Owen
Ursula Owen on weeping outside her parents' house
Castaway · 14 September 1997Sue Lawley
Auberon Waugh

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

Auberon Waugh on failing to recognise his own daughter on a train

Castaway · 31 August 1986Michael Parkinson

00°53′S 097°26′W

How knowing how to pronounce Indian names launched John Arlott's commentary career

Castaway · 17 May 1975Roy Plomley