Kirsten Flagstad — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Kirsten Flagstad — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Artist

Kirsten Flagstad

15 episodes

Chosen over the decades

15

Total castaways

1960s

Peak decade

5

Decades seen

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Dame Maggie Teyte
Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies
James Gunn RA
John Osborne
Julian Bream
Lord Bernard Miles
Michael Holroyd
Professor A H Halsey
Raymond Leppard
Stephen Fry
Tallulah Bankhead
Tony Benn
Victoria de los Angeles
Yehudi Menuhin

Professor A H Halsey
A H Halsey on learning to be bilingual between home and school
Castaway · 4 May 2003Sue Lawley
Michael Holroyd
Michael Holroyd on his father threatening to take him to court over his novel
Castaway · 20 February 2000Sue Lawley
Tony Benn

desert is.land

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

The listing

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Most requested
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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

How his brother's death forced Tony Benn out of the Commons

Castaway · 15 January 1989Sue Lawley

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Stephen Fry

Stephen Fry on being a 'rat' as a child

Castaway · 27 November 1988Michael Parkinson

Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies

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Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies

Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies on being pushed off stage in the chorus

Castaway · 19 June 1988Michael Parkinson

Lord Bernard Miles

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Lord Bernard Miles

Bernard Miles on early morning trips to Covent Garden aged five

Castaway · 20 March 1982Roy Plomley

Victoria de los Angeles

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Victoria de los Angeles

Victoria de los Angeles on her father convincing a priest to combine her mother's and uncle's names

Castaway · 3 June 1978Roy Plomley

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Yehudi Menuhin

Yehudi Menuhin on his struggle to produce a vibrato

Castaway · 16 April 1977Roy Plomley

Raymond Leppard

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Raymond Leppard

Raymond Leppard on the fire that destroyed his Monteverdi score

Castaway · 4 March 1972Roy Plomley

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Alvar Lidell

Alvar Lidell on handling the abdication document for broadcast

Castaway · 5 May 1969Roy Plomley

Dame Maggie Teyte

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Dame Maggie Teyte

Maggie Teyte on being told she was forgotten in America

Castaway · 15 April 1968Roy Plomley

Tallulah Bankhead

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Tallulah Bankhead

How Tallulah Falls gave Tallulah Bankhead her name

Castaway · 14 December 1964Roy Plomley

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James Gunn RA

James Gunn on being the last guest in Downing Street

Castaway · 1 January 1962Roy Plomley

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Julian Bream

Julian Bream on his first professional engagement at a Russian prince's party

Castaway · 5 June 1961Roy Plomley

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John Osborne

John Osborne on how Laurence Olivier jokingly asked for a part in The Entertainer

Castaway · 19 January 1959Roy Plomley