D'Oyly Carte Opera Company — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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D'Oyly Carte Opera Company — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Artist

D'Oyly Carte Opera Company

9 episodes

Chosen over the decades

9

Total castaways

1970s

Peak decade

3

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Eddie Waring
Isidore Godfrey
Professor Sir George Porter
Reverend David Jenkins
Robin Knox-Johnston
Rt Rev. And Rt Hon. Gerald Ellison
Sir Leon Brittan
Tom Lehrer
Valerie Masterson

Sir Leon Brittan
Leon Brittan on not being arrogant but seeming arrogant
Castaway · 27 June 1993Sue Lawley
Reverend David Jenkins
David Jenkins on the violence of the reaction to his questioning of the virgin birth
Castaway · 19 January 1992Sue 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

Robin Knox-Johnston

How timing bubbles helped Robin Knox-Johnston navigate when his log failed

Castaway · 2 September 1990Sue Lawley

Professor Sir George Porter

05°54′S 153°21′W

Professor Sir George Porter

George Porter on challenging God to give a sign at age 14

Castaway · 11 March 1990Sue Lawley

16°55′S 059°23′W

Tom Lehrer

Tom Lehrer on his parents finding him a popular music teacher

Castaway · 12 July 1980Roy Plomley

Rt Rev. And Rt Hon. Gerald Ellison

21°44′S 096°21′W

Rt Rev. And Rt Hon. Gerald Ellison

How Gerald Ellison handled the Oxford sinking in the Boat Race

Castaway · 11 March 1978Roy Plomley

Valerie Masterson

18°56′S 149°14′W

Valerie Masterson

Valerie Masterson on how her father's stories inspired her love of theatre

Castaway · 22 February 1975Roy Plomley

21°11′S 015°58′W

Eddie Waring

Eddie Waring on being the first rugby league writer to tour Australia in 1946

Castaway · 23 February 1974Roy Plomley

Isidore Godfrey

09°16′S 076°33′W

Isidore Godfrey

Isidore Godfrey on singing Hell's Persia to the Sarsi Indians

Castaway · 7 February 1970Roy Plomley