Julius Katchen

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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

Julius Katchen — Artist · desert is.land

Artist

4 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

1970s

Peak decade

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Michael Wood
How a V-1 bomb narrowly missed Michael Wood during the Blitz
Castaway · 19 March 1983Roy Plomley
June Mendoza
How a painting of a cellist made June Mendoza choose art over a screen test
Castaway · 8 September 1979Roy Plomley
Alec Clifton-Taylor

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

Alec Clifton-Taylor on escaping his family to rush into a church as a child

Castaway · 30 September 1978Roy Plomley

09°49′S 066°34′W

Joan Hammond on her wig getting stuck on a cherry tree branch on stage

Castaway · 25 July 1970Roy Plomley