Count Basie

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

Count Basie — Artist · desert is.land

Artist

3 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

1970s

Peak decade

Decade seen

Castaways who chose this

Dick Clement & Ian La Frenais
Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais on meeting at The Uxbridge Arms and playing hearts
Castaway · 21 July 1979Roy Plomley
Ian Carmichael
Ian Carmichael on his first role as a robot
Castaway · 9 June 1979Roy Plomley
Leontyne Price

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

Leontyne Price on being inspired by Marian Anderson at age nine

Castaway · 22 September 1973Roy Plomley