Czech Philharmonic Orchestra — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Czech Philharmonic Orchestra — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Artist

Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

8 episodes

Chosen over the decades

8

Total castaways

1970s

Peak decade

4

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Charles Causley
Earl of Harewood
Kevin Whately
Magnus Magnusson
Martina Navratilova
Robert Powell
Sir Francis McLean
Vivienne Westwood

Martina Navratilova
Martina Navratilova on her father telling her at age eight she would win Wimbledon
Castaway · 8 July 2012Kirsty Young
Kevin Whately
Kevin Whately on considering a singing career while busking
Castaway · 15 September 1996Sue Lawley

desert is.land

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

The listing

Find a castaway
Most requested
Browse the archive
About

Transmission

Broadcasting since 1942
Long wave 198 kHz
An unofficial archive companion
Report a fault

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

Vivienne Westwood

Vivienne Westwood on being branded a sex maniac at the age of four

Castaway · 28 June 1992Sue Lawley

Charles Causley

13°52′S 010°57′W

Charles Causley

How Charles Causley wrote poetry in his head while serving in the Navy

Castaway · 1 December 1979Roy Plomley

08°34′S 144°14′W

Robert Powell

Robert Powell on keeping his eyes open without blinking

Castaway · 6 January 1979Roy Plomley

Magnus Magnusson

13°38′S 174°34′W

Magnus Magnusson

Magnus Magnusson on discovering he was short-sighted during his first TV link

Castaway · 23 April 1977Roy Plomley

Sir Francis McLean

07°55′S 044°44′W

Sir Francis McLean

Francis McLean on entering Paris on the day it was liberated

Castaway · 12 August 1968Roy Plomley

Earl of Harewood

00°42′S 167°04′W

Earl of Harewood

Earl of Harewood on reading Grove's musical dictionary up to the letter S as a POW

Castaway · 25 December 1965Roy Plomley