Giuseppe Verdi

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Giuseppe Verdi — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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6 episodes

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1970s

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Heston Blumenthal
Lorin Maazel
Rt Hon Shirley Williams
Sir Frank Francis
Stephanie Beacham

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How a failed marriage jolted Stephanie Beacham into Hollywood
Castaway · 28 February 1988Michael Parkinson

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

Rt Hon Shirley Williams

How a tip-off about concentration camps sent Shirley Williams to America

Castaway · 23 March 1986Michael Parkinson

David Shepherd

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David Shepherd

David Shepherd on raising £46,000 in one evening for a poacher-catching helicopter

Castaway · 11 September 1971Roy Plomley

Lorin Maazel

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Lorin Maazel

How lollipops and short trousers greeted Lorin Maazel's first rehearsal at age eight

Castaway · 31 July 1971Roy Plomley

Sir Frank Francis

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Sir Frank Francis

Frank Francis on the sketch plans for moving the British Museum Library

Castaway · 14 March 1966Roy Plomley

Heston Blumenthal

Stephanie Beacham

David Shepherd

Lorin Maazel

Sir Frank Francis