Mantovani

Tuning in…

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

Mantovani — Artist · desert is.land

Artist

3 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

1960s

Peak decade

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Sir Douglas Bader
Douglas Bader on landing on one leg after his prosthetic came off during a parachute jump
Castaway · 28 November 1981Roy Plomley
Richard Chamberlain
How the musical Breakfast at Tiffany's flopped disastrously for Richard Chamberlain
Castaway · 14 March 1970Roy Plomley

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

Liberace on his fear of bugs at outdoor concerts

Castaway · 23 May 1960Roy Plomley