Fritz Wunderlich — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Fritz Wunderlich — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Artist

Fritz Wunderlich

9 episodes

Chosen over the decades

9

Total castaways

1980s

Peak decade

4

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Bernard Levin
Charlotte Rampling
Gareth Malone
Itzhak Perlman
James Ivory
Jonas Kaufmann
Jose Carreras
Montserrat Caballe
Sir Magdi Yacoub

Gareth Malone
Gareth Malone on the painful moment he couldn't sing, with his father and teacher joining in
Castaway · 25 December 2016Kirsty Young
Jonas Kaufmann
Jonas Kaufmann on conquering his stage fright to become a stage monster
Castaway · 22 February 2015Kirsty Young

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

Sir Magdi Yacoub

Magdi Yacoub on his controversial baboon experiment

Castaway · 18 June 1995Sue Lawley

16°47′S 179°13′W

Bernard Levin

Bernard Levin on how being forced to learn the violin nearly poisoned him for music

Castaway · 25 October 1987Michael Parkinson

11°55′S 149°20′W

James Ivory

James Ivory on envying BBC's Henry James adaptations

Castaway · 19 February 1983Roy Plomley

Montserrat Caballe

22°41′S 006°43′W

Montserrat Caballe

Montserrat Caballe on why her father never played her records

Castaway · 10 October 1981Roy Plomley

09°07′S 030°33′W

Jose Carreras

How The Great Caruso inspired Jose Carreras to sing

Castaway · 6 December 1980Roy Plomley

21°18′S 094°50′W

Itzhak Perlman

Itzhak Perlman on playing soccer as a goalie on crutches

Castaway · 29 April 1978Roy Plomley

Charlotte Rampling

15°13′S 139°06′W

Charlotte Rampling

How seeing herself in Rotten to the Core left Charlotte Rampling in tears

Castaway · 3 April 1976Roy Plomley