Fritz Kreisler

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

Fritz Kreisler — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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7 episodes

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1980s

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Celia Imrie on being told she was too big for ballet at age 11
Castaway · 13 February 2011Kirsty Young
Anthony Storr
Anthony Storr on being sent away to boarding school at eight
Castaway · 31 January 1993Sue 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

Michael Tilson Thomas

Michael Tilson Thomas on being told to put his suit on and conduct mid-concert

Castaway · 11 February 1990Sue Lawley

Nigel Kennedy

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Nigel Kennedy on getting a perfect score after his teacher warned him against playing jazz

Castaway · 12 January 1986Michael Parkinson

Salvatore Accardo

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Salvatore Accardo on learning to read music before he could read print

Castaway · 26 April 1980Roy Plomley

Tommy Reilly

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Tommy Reilly on getting harmonicas from a German welfare officer in a prison camp

Castaway · 2 October 1961Roy Plomley

Sir Malcolm Sargent

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Malcolm Sargent on being stranded on a Pacific island after a plane crash

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Celia Imrie

Anthony Storr

Nigel Kennedy

Salvatore Accardo

Tommy Reilly

Sir Malcolm Sargent