Isaac Stern

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

Isaac Stern — Artist · desert is.land

Artist

4 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

1970s

Peak decade

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Peter Mayle
How Peter Mayle coined the 'Nice One, Cyril' catchphrase
Castaway · 4 July 1993Sue Lawley
Nigel Kennedy
Nigel Kennedy on getting a perfect score after his teacher warned him against playing jazz
Castaway · 12 January 1986Michael Parkinson

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

How a phone call to Howard Hawks saved Lauren Bacall’s crooked eyebrows

Castaway · 3 March 1979Roy Plomley

13°14′S 177°50′W

Dannie Abse on being told he looked, read and wrote like Dylan Thomas

Castaway · 27 August 1977Roy Plomley