Halle Orchestra conducted by Sir John Barbirolli

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

Halle Orchestra conducted by Sir John Barbirolli — Artist · desert is.land

Artist

5 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

1980s

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Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

James Burke
How a friend's dare got James Burke his first TV job
Castaway · 6 March 1988Michael Parkinson
Robert Maxwell
Robert Maxwell on being sentenced to death as a spy
Castaway · 5 July 1987Michael Parkinson
Peter Maxwell Davies

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

Peter Maxwell Davies on being taken to see The Gondoliers at age four

Castaway · 25 June 1983Roy Plomley

04°03′S 116°32′W

Dorothy Edwards on writing her first story aged four and finding it after her grandmother's death

Castaway · 31 December 1977Roy Plomley

08°31′S 095°26′W

Glynis Johns on making her first stage appearance at a few days old

Castaway · 24 April 1976Roy Plomley