Mario Lanza — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Mario Lanza — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Artist

Mario Lanza

9 episodes

Chosen over the decades

8

Total castaways

1980s

Peak decade

4

Decades seen

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Claire Horton
Howard Jacobson
Joan Turner
Jose Carreras
Robert Plant
Sir Christopher Bland
Sir Norman Wisdom
Terence Stamp

Robert Plant
Robert Plant on driving to a rehearsal with a bandmate and driving back without him
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Claire Horton
Claire Horton on the dog returned because it didn't match the sofa
Castaway · 28 February 2021Lauren Laverne

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

Howard Jacobson

How crippling shyness haunted Howard Jacobson until Cambridge

Castaway · 6 February 2011Kirsty Young

Sir Christopher Bland

01°14′S 120°16′W

Sir Christopher Bland

Christopher Bland on saying bollocks in the council chamber

Castaway · 14 April 2002Sue Lawley

Sir Norman Wisdom

18°12′S 057°42′W

Sir Norman Wisdom

Norman Wisdom on falling into vases at Windsor Castle

Castaway · 6 August 2000Sue Lawley

12°38′S 099°15′W

Joan Turner

Joan Turner on her nervous breakdown from juggling home, husband, and career

Castaway · 31 July 1988Michael Parkinson

22°33′S 159°53′W

Terence Stamp

How acting kept Terence Stamp from becoming a psychopath

Castaway · 28 June 1987Michael Parkinson

01°43′S 133°38′W

Cindy Buxton & Annie Price

Cindy Buxton and Annie Price on how Annie thought the Falkland Islands were in Scotland

Castaway · 27 August 1983Roy Plomley

09°07′S 030°33′W

Jose Carreras

How The Great Caruso inspired Jose Carreras to sing

Castaway · 6 December 1980Roy Plomley