City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Simon Rattle

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desert is.land

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Transmission

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

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Simon Rattle — Artist · desert is.land

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5 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

1990s

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Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Lewis Gilbert
Lewis Gilbert on driving a car around the stage aged five
Castaway · 20 June 2010Kirsty Young
Marcus du Sautoy
Marcus du Sautoy on a teacher with a cigar who showed him the real maths
Castaway · 7 December 2008Kirsty Young
Pen Hadow

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

Pen Hadow on hitting a polar bear on the head with a saucepan

Castaway · 16 May 2004Sue Lawley

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John Barry on being carried into a cinema at age two to see a mouse

Castaway · 13 June 1999Sue Lawley

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David Shepherd on being told to ‘go and drive a bus’ by the Slade School of Art

Castaway · 17 January 1999Sue Lawley