Chicago Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini

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desert is.land

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

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

Chicago Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini — Artist · desert is.land

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2 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

1980s

Peak decade

Decade seen

Castaways who chose this

Helene Hanff
Helene Hanff on writing a book without any idea what she was doing
Castaway · 19 December 1981Roy Plomley
Geoffrey Household
How shooting partridges got Geoffrey Household a job at the Ottoman Bank
Castaway · 15 March 1980Roy 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