Igor Stravinsky — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Igor Stravinsky — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Artist

Igor Stravinsky

8 episodes

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8

Total castaways

1970s

Peak decade

3

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Alexander Young
Carl Davis
Dr Roy Strong
Earl of Harewood
Ed McBain
Professor Barry Cunliffe
Robert Powell
Sir Paul Dukes

Carl Davis
Carl Davis on replacing pianists too frightened to play for Robert Shaw
Castaway · 21 August 1982Roy Plomley
Ed McBain
Ed McBain on using a typewriter with only capital letters in the Navy
Castaway · 23 June 1979Roy Plomley
Robert Powell

desert is.land

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

The listing

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Most requested
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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

Robert Powell on keeping his eyes open without blinking

Castaway · 6 January 1979Roy Plomley

Alexander Young

14°58′S 138°18′W

Alexander Young

Alexander Young on receiving a surprise telegram from Stravinsky

Castaway · 15 December 1973Roy Plomley

Professor Barry Cunliffe

15°52′S 044°17′W

Professor Barry Cunliffe

Barry Cunliffe on how a young excavator’s neat cut uncovered a Roman inscription in Bath

Castaway · 19 August 1972Roy Plomley

00°15′S 049°09′W

Dr Roy Strong

Roy Strong on buying a long-lost portrait of Milton for £22

Castaway · 7 March 1970Roy Plomley

Earl of Harewood

00°42′S 167°04′W

Earl of Harewood

Earl of Harewood on reading Grove's musical dictionary up to the letter S as a POW

Castaway · 25 December 1965Roy Plomley

13°34′S 035°53′W

Sir Paul Dukes

Paul Dukes on starting life over again at seventy

Castaway · 22 February 1965Roy Plomley