Ezio Pinza

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

Ezio Pinza — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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6 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

1970s

Peak decade

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Castaways who chose this

Christopher Lee
Graham Kerr
Hal Prince
Lord Shawcross
Mary Martin
Professor Sir Denis Brogan

Christopher Lee
Christopher Lee on being told he was playing all the parts in the play
Castaway · 26 February 1995Sue Lawley
Lord Shawcross
Shawcross on the difficulty of not catching Goering's eye
Castaway · 7 July 1991Sue Lawley

desert is.land

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

The listing

Find a castaway
Most requested
Browse the archive
About

Transmission

Broadcasting since 1942
Long wave 198 kHz
An unofficial archive companion
Report a fault

Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

Hal Prince

Hal Prince on using tin soldiers to stage operas as a child

Castaway · 16 November 1986Michael Parkinson

Mary Martin

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Mary Martin

Mary Martin on the ghastly sound of her childhood violin

Castaway · 26 March 1977Roy Plomley

Graham Kerr

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Graham Kerr

Graham Kerr on causing 17 questions in Parliament

Castaway · 4 December 1971Roy Plomley

Professor Sir Denis Brogan

02°07′S 165°04′W

Professor Sir Denis Brogan

Denis Brogan on writing a letter while answering a Round Britain Quiz question

Castaway · 21 October 1967Roy Plomley

Christopher Lee

Lord Shawcross

Mary Martin

Graham Kerr

Professor Sir Denis Brogan