Ernest Bour

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

Ernest Bour — Artist · desert is.land

Artist

3 episodes

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Total castaways

1970s

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Castaways who chose this

Glen Tetley
Glen Tetley on how a few movements earned him a contract from Jerome Robbins
Castaway · 7 July 1979Roy Plomley
Simon Rattle
Simon Rattle on the terrifying moment before his first rehearsal with an orchestra
Castaway · 5 August 1978Roy Plomley
Jack Parnell

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

Jack Parnell on the night Luciano Pavarotti stood in wearing jodhpurs

Castaway · 25 June 1977Roy Plomley