Itzhak Perlman — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Itzhak Perlman — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Artist

Itzhak Perlman

11 episodes

Chosen over the decades

11

Total castaways

2000s

Peak decade

5

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Dame Esther Rantzen
David Davis MP
Erich Segal
Giuseppe Di Stefano
June Mendoza
Lord Joffe
Maurice Saatchi
Mona Siddiqui
Robert Hardy
Sir Martin Sorrell
Sister Frances Dominica

Dame Esther Rantzen
How Esther Rantzen faced 50,000 calls on ChildLine's first night
Castaway · 10 March 2019Lauren Laverne
Mona Siddiqui
Mona Siddiqui on dressing up as a bride and sitting silently for two hours in a school play
Castaway · 21 October 2012Kirsty Young

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

Sir Martin Sorrell

Martin Sorrell on the near-collapse of WPP in 1991

Castaway · 4 December 2011Kirsty Young

05°11′S 049°57′W

David Davis MP

David Davis on his stepfather making him face five bullies at age six

Castaway · 16 November 2008Kirsty Young

01°23′S 050°27′W

Lord Joffe

Joffe on first meeting Nelson Mandela in a prison consulting room

Castaway · 28 October 2007Kirsty Young

Sister Frances Dominica

08°49′S 156°24′W

Sister Frances Dominica

Frances Dominica on the split-second she knew she had to become a nun

Castaway · 8 February 2004Sue Lawley

Maurice Saatchi

22°20′S 098°49′W

Maurice Saatchi

Maurice Saatchi on being carried off the field after a cricket ball ended his sporting career

Castaway · 24 September 1995Sue Lawley

Giuseppe Di Stefano

21°45′S 070°40′W

Giuseppe Di Stefano

How a sergeant's sleepless night saved Giuseppe Di Stefano from the Russian front

Castaway · 20 June 1981Roy Plomley

23°10′S 094°24′W

Erich Segal

Erich Segal on being the fortieth writer on Yellow Submarine

Castaway · 19 April 1980Roy Plomley

11°43′S 028°55′W

June Mendoza

How a painting of a cellist made June Mendoza choose art over a screen test

Castaway · 8 September 1979Roy Plomley

10°58′S 086°42′W

Robert Hardy

How 13 episodes of a television series made Robert Hardy wish for a desert island

Castaway · 22 April 1978Roy Plomley