Gertrude Lawrence

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

Gertrude Lawrence — Artist · desert is.land

Artist

3 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

1990s

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Castaways who chose this

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Kathleen Hale
Kathleen Hale on having her sketchbook taken away as a punishment
Castaway · 30 October 1994Sue Lawley
Emlyn Williams

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

Emlyn Williams on choosing eerie opening chords with producer Miles Mallison

Castaway · 7 June 1955Roy Plomley