Concertgebouw Orchestra conducted by Bernard Haitink

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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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Transmission

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

Concertgebouw Orchestra conducted by Bernard Haitink — Artist · desert is.land

Artist

4 episodes

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Total castaways

1980s

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Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Milton Shulman
Milton Shulman on how hay fever stopped him from becoming a crooner
Castaway · 5 June 1994Sue Lawley
Thomas Allen
Thomas Allen on being told he'd be a bloody fool not to pursue opera
Castaway · 6 November 1982Roy Plomley
Daniel Massey

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

Daniel Massey on never passing an audition

Castaway · 7 March 1981Roy Plomley

08°34′S 144°14′W

Robert Powell on keeping his eyes open without blinking

Castaway · 6 January 1979Roy Plomley