Dylan Thomas — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Dylan Thomas — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Artist

Dylan Thomas

14 episodes

Chosen over the decades

13

Total castaways

1980s

Peak decade

4

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Alan Plater
Andrea Newman
Benjamin Luxon
David Baddiel
Desmond Hawkins
HRH Princess Michael of Kent
James Fox
John Arlott
Julian Symons
Miriam Margolyes
Roald Dahl
Roy Dotrice
Vincent Brome

David Baddiel
David Baddiel on his father calling English a waste of a brain
Castaway · 27 May 2018Kirsty Young
Miriam Margolyes
Miriam Margolyes on telling her mother she had an affair with a woman
Castaway · 28 September 2008Kirsty Young

desert is.land

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

The listing

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Most requested
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Transmission

Broadcasting since 1942
Long wave 198 kHz
An unofficial archive companion
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Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

Alan Plater on being the answer to a Radio Times crossword clue

Castaway · 15 October 1989Sue Lawley

HRH Princess Michael of Kent

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HRH Princess Michael of Kent

Princess Michael of Kent on having a cat in her pocket when she was rescued

Castaway · 28 January 1984Roy Plomley

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James Fox

James Fox on getting his first film role aged nine after his brother got shy

Castaway · 2 April 1983Roy Plomley

Desmond Hawkins

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Desmond Hawkins

Desmond Hawkins on his boyhood ambition to open the batting for Surrey

Castaway · 29 May 1982Roy Plomley

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Julian Symons

Julian Symons on being unable to find Middle C after seven years of piano lessons

Castaway · 15 May 1982Roy Plomley

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Andrea Newman

Andrea Newman on the joy of her first civil service payday

Castaway · 27 September 1980Roy Plomley

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Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger

How the War Office tried to stop Powell and Pressburger making Colonel Blimp

Castaway · 20 September 1980Roy Plomley

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Roald Dahl

Roald Dahl on being unable to turn off the light after reading Ambrose Bierce

Castaway · 27 October 1979Roy Plomley

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Benjamin Luxon

Benjamin Luxon on being called to tour Russia with the English Opera Group

Castaway · 27 January 1979Roy Plomley

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Roy Dotrice

Roy Dotrice on playing female roles in a POW camp

Castaway · 29 January 1977Roy Plomley

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Vincent Brome

Vincent Brome on wanting an inflatable woman to write on

Castaway · 6 March 1976Roy Plomley

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John Arlott

How knowing how to pronounce Indian names launched John Arlott's commentary career

Castaway · 17 May 1975Roy Plomley