Eric Idle

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

Eric Idle — Artist · desert is.land

Artist

3 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

1990s

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Decades seen

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John Cleese

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

John Cleese on fleeing the Footlights desk in confusion

Castaway · 5 January 1997Sue Lawley