Géza Anda — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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

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Broadcasting since 1942
Long wave 198 kHz
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Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

desert is.landest. 1942

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Artist

Géza Anda

4 episodes

Chosen over the decades

4

Total castaways

1980s

Peak decade

3

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Dame Stephanie Shirley
Gwyneth Jones
Ronnie Wood
Sir Frederick Ashton

Ronnie Wood
Castaway · 12 October 2025Lauren Laverne
Dame Stephanie Shirley
Castaway · 23 May 2010Kirsty Young
Gwyneth Jones

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

Castaway · 22 January 1983

Sir Frederick Ashton

15°38′S 002°40′W

Sir Frederick Ashton

Castaway · 2 May 1981Roy Plomley

Géza Anda — Artist · desert is.land