Kenneth Horne and cast — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Kenneth Horne and cast — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Artist

Kenneth Horne and cast

2 episodes

Chosen over the decades

2

Total castaways

1970s

Peak decade

1

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Castaways who chose this

Anthony Dowell
Noel Edmonds

Noel Edmonds
Noel Edmonds on quitting a £3,000-a-year job at 19 with nothing to fall back on
Castaway · 14 October 1978Roy Plomley
Anthony Dowell
Anthony Dowell on starting ballet at age four at the Hampshire School
Castaway · 26 July 1975Roy Plomley

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
Report a fault

Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails