Douglas Byng

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

Douglas Byng — Artist · desert is.land

Artist

5 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

1970s

Peak decade

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Sir Stephen Spender
Stephen Spender on his parents' deaths feeling liberating
Castaway · 2 April 1989Sue Lawley
Vlado Perlemuter
Vlado Perlemuter on improvising piano for silent films
Castaway · 14 July 1984Roy Plomley
Sir Osbert Lancaster

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

How Osbert Lancaster timed his daily cartoons to the evening paper editions

Castaway · 22 December 1979Roy Plomley

06°31′S 133°10′W

Jessica Mitford on opening a secret bank account at twelve to run away from home

Castaway · 6 August 1977Roy Plomley

07°36′S 141°06′W

John Betjeman on reciting his poetry in the bath

Castaway · 12 April 1975Roy Plomley