Elisabeth Schwarzkopf — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Elisabeth Schwarzkopf — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Artist

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

31 episodes

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31

Total castaways

1980s

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7

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Baroness Ryder of Warsaw (Sue)
Bill Sowerbutts
Claire Bloom
Derek Jacobi
Desert Island Discs at 75
Dirk Bogarde
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Elly Ameling
Fay Weldon
Irene Thomas
James Ivory
Janet Suzman
John Schlesinger
John Thaw
Ken Dodd
Kirsten Flagstad
Kristin Scott Thomas
Leonard Rossiter
Mirella Freni
Montserrat Caballe
Philip Hope-Wallace
Raymond Gubbay
Renee Fleming
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Castaway · 9 May 2010Kirsty Young
Raymond Gubbay

desert is.land

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

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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

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Sir Robin Butler

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John Schlesinger

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Castaway · 13 October 1991Sue Lawley

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John Thaw

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Castaway · 3 June 1990Sue Lawley

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Castaway · 25 January 1987Michael Parkinson

Robert Burchfield

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Robert Burchfield

Robert Burchfield on being happiest working in a hovel

Castaway · 20 April 1985Roy Plomley

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Elly Ameling

Elly Ameling on Pierre Bernac’s cocker spaniel face

Castaway · 9 February 1985Roy Plomley

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James Ivory

James Ivory on envying BBC's Henry James adaptations

Castaway · 19 February 1983Roy Plomley

Rosamond Lehmann

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Rosamond Lehmann

Rosamond Lehmann on the psychic experiences after her daughter's death

Castaway · 13 November 1982Roy Plomley

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Claire Bloom

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Castaway · 4 September 1982Roy Plomley

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Montserrat Caballe on why her father never played her records

Castaway · 10 October 1981Roy Plomley

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Andrea Newman

Andrea Newman on the joy of her first civil service payday

Castaway · 27 September 1980Roy Plomley

Leonard Rossiter

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Timothy West

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Castaway · 16 February 1980Roy Plomley

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Irene Thomas

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Janet Suzman

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Castaway · 12 August 1978Roy Plomley

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Derek Jacobi

Derek Jacobi on portraying old Claudius before young Claudius

Castaway · 10 June 1978Roy Plomley

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Mirella Freni

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Castaway · 11 June 1977Roy Plomley

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Ronnie Scott

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Philip Hope-Wallace

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Philip Hope-Wallace

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Bill Sowerbutts

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Viscount Montgomery of Alamein

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Dirk Bogarde

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Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

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Elisabeth Schwarzkopf on her emergency landing on a Pacific island

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Kirsten Flagstad

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