John Barry — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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John Barry — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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John Barry

13 episodes

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13

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2010s

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Barry Norman
Bruce Tulloh
Christopher Nolan
Dame Claire Bertschinger
Debbie Wiseman
Gloria Hunniford
Goldie Hawn
Henrietta
James Rebanks
John Barry
Mark Gatiss
Stephen Poliakoff
Sue Biggs

Sue Biggs
Sue Biggs on receiving a packet of seeds for her seventh birthday
Castaway · 7 July 2019Lauren Laverne
James Rebanks
How James Rebanks' dad told him to stop being a pain in the ass and go to Oxford
Castaway · 20 January 2019Lauren Laverne
Christopher Nolan

desert is.land

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

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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

Christopher Nolan on seeing 2001: A Space Odyssey on an enormous screen as a child

Castaway · 18 February 2018Kirsty Young

23°25′S 147°05′W

Debbie Wiseman

Debbie Wiseman on composing 70 minutes of orchestral music in three and a half weeks

Castaway · 19 October 2014Kirsty Young

Dame Claire Bertschinger

21°02′S 026°36′W

Dame Claire Bertschinger

Claire Bertschinger on choosing which starving children to feed based on a spark in their eyes

Castaway · 23 March 2014Kirsty Young

01°51′S 025°18′W

Goldie Hawn

Goldie Hawn on watching baboons jump on Peter Sellers' Rolls-Royce

Castaway · 23 September 2012Kirsty Young

14°37′S 058°51′W

Mark Gatiss

Mark Gatiss on his childhood enthusiasm for wartime sing-alongs

Castaway · 23 October 2011Kirsty Young

Gloria Hunniford

08°27′S 061°05′W

Gloria Hunniford

Gloria Hunniford on her father the magician

Castaway · 24 December 2006Kirsty Young

Stephen Poliakoff

16°05′S 060°35′W

Stephen Poliakoff

Stephen Poliakoff on his father lifting the dining table over peas

Castaway · 13 March 2005Sue Lawley

00°33′S 084°18′W

Henrietta

How a banana thrown across the room proved to Henrietta her husband was recovering

Castaway · 3 May 1992Sue Lawley

09°25′S 046°11′W

Barry Norman

Barry Norman on being hurled into a racial maelstrom as a 19-year-old journalist

Castaway · 25 August 1979Roy Plomley

09°28′S 114°51′W

Bruce Tulloh

Bruce Tulloh on getting the idea to run across America from the Guinness Book of Records

Castaway · 23 November 1974Roy Plomley

17°05′S 139°40′W

John Barry

How a Movieola helped John Barry compose film scores

Castaway · 22 May 1967Roy Plomley