Lindsay String Quartet

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Lindsay String Quartet — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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6 episodes

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2000s

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Alfred Brendel
Peter Maxwell Davies
Rt Hon Michael Portillo MP
Sir Ian McKellen
Sir Michael Tippett
Sir Thomas Allen

Alfred Brendel
Alfred Brendel on seeing Hitler’s motorcade as a child
Castaway · 15 November 2013Kirsty Young
Sir Ian McKellen
Ian McKellen on how coming out improved his acting
Castaway · 9 February 2003Sue Lawley

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

Sir Thomas Allen

Thomas Allen on getting a call to sing Figaro with 45 minutes' notice

Castaway · 3 June 2001Sue Lawley

Rt Hon Michael Portillo MP

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Rt Hon Michael Portillo MP

Michael Portillo on feeling relief when he lost his seat

Castaway · 16 July 2000Sue Lawley

Sir Michael Tippett

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Sir Michael Tippett

Michael Tippett on serving two months in prison as a conscientious objector

Castaway · 5 January 1985Roy Plomley

Peter Maxwell Davies

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Peter Maxwell Davies

Peter Maxwell Davies on being taken to see The Gondoliers at age four

Castaway · 25 June 1983Roy Plomley

Alfred Brendel

Sir Ian McKellen

Rt Hon Michael Portillo MP

Sir Michael Tippett

Peter Maxwell Davies