Lotte Lenya — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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

Lotte Lenya — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Artist

Lotte Lenya

26 episodes

Chosen over the decades

25

Total castaways

1990s

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6

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David Owen
Deborah Levy
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Fran Landesman
Jane Horrocks
John Bird
Ken Loach
Lisa Jardine
Malcolm Bradbury
Margaret Atwood
Maurice Saatchi
Michael Bogdanov
Nina Cassian
Professor Ralf Dahrendorf
Ralph Koltai
Robert Carrier
Robert Robinson
Rt Hon Lord Sainsbury
Sir Osbert Lancaster
Umberto Eco
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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

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

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Margaret Atwood

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Ken Loach

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Nina Cassian

Castaway · 14 February 1999Sue Lawley

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Ralph Koltai

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Ursula Owen

Castaway · 14 September 1997Sue Lawley

08°49′S 093°21′W

Fran Landesman

Castaway · 22 September 1996Sue Lawley

00°02′S 105°02′W

Umberto Eco

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Maurice Saatchi

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Baroness Blackstone

22°43′S 167°04′W

Baroness Blackstone

Castaway · 25 April 1993Sue Lawley

Professor Ralf Dahrendorf

05°11′S 015°47′W

Professor Ralf Dahrendorf

Castaway · 3 February 1991Sue Lawley

00°31′S 174°39′W

David Owen

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Robert Carrier

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Michael Bogdanov

00°52′S 142°37′W

Michael Bogdanov

Castaway · 19 April 1987Michael Parkinson

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Peter Fluck & Roger Law

Castaway · 1 February 1987Michael Parkinson

Malcolm Bradbury

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Malcolm Bradbury

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Sir Osbert Lancaster

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Sir Osbert Lancaster

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Robert Robinson

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Dr Jacob Bronowski

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