Marlene Dietrich — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Marlene Dietrich — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Artist

Marlene Dietrich

19 episodes

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19

Total castaways

1990s

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6

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Barbara Hulanicki
Boy George
Desmond Morris
Douglas Reeman
Dr Hanna Segal
Dr Jacob Bronowski
Earl Of Snowdon
George Carman QC
Ginette Spanier
J G Ballard
John Napier
Lord Charteris
Oleg Gordievsky
Professor Heinz Wolff
Professor Sir Richard Doll
Rabbi Lionel Blue
Richard Walker
Sian Phillips

Barbara Hulanicki
Barbara Hulanicki on never saying goodbye to her father
Castaway · 8 December 2013Kirsty Young
Oleg Gordievsky
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Castaway · 10 February 2008Kirsty Young
Dr Hanna Segal

desert is.land

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

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

Hanna Segal on deciding not to go to the Spanish Civil War

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Desmond Morris

Desmond Morris on his childhood private island during World War Two

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Professor Sir Richard Doll

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Professor Sir Richard Doll

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Castaway · 18 February 2001Sue Lawley

Professor Heinz Wolff

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Professor Heinz Wolff

Heinz Wolff on making Richard Dimbleby squeal with a swallowed radio transmitter

Castaway · 4 January 1998Sue Lawley

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Sian Phillips

Sian Phillips on seeing her first pantomime with her grandmother

Castaway · 25 May 1997Sue Lawley

15°54′S 082°23′W

J G Ballard

J G Ballard on waiting 40 years to write his autobiography

Castaway · 2 February 1992Sue Lawley

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Lord Charteris

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Castaway · 9 September 1990Sue Lawley

George Carman QC

07°24′S 136°30′W

George Carman QC

George Carman on giving up the priesthood because he liked women

Castaway · 24 June 1990Sue Lawley

23°41′S 043°21′W

Boy George

Boy George on seeing his mother's sad face on the news

Castaway · 22 January 1989Sue Lawley

Rabbi Lionel Blue

08°04′S 086°03′W

Rabbi Lionel Blue

Lionel Blue on discovering humour in a Quaker meeting

Castaway · 29 May 1988Michael Parkinson

03°49′S 033°41′W

Douglas Reeman

Douglas Reeman on getting his best friend to swim for him in a full duck uniform

Castaway · 12 March 1983Roy Plomley

Earl Of Snowdon

17°34′S 140°55′W

Earl Of Snowdon

Snowdon on starting his photography career in a box room

Castaway · 6 September 1980Roy Plomley

13°05′S 142°56′W

Alan Coren

Alan Coren on selling his first piece to Punch

Castaway · 21 January 1978Roy Plomley

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John Napier

John Napier on his mother forbidding him from becoming an actor

Castaway · 8 May 1976Roy Plomley

05°50′S 149°23′W

Richard Walker

Richard Walker on starting fishing at the age of four with his grandfather

Castaway · 6 July 1974Roy Plomley

Dr Jacob Bronowski

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Dr Jacob Bronowski

Jacob Bronowski on telling the BBC he didn't mean to make a science series like Kenneth Clark's

Castaway · 5 January 1974Roy Plomley

Ginette Spanier

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Ginette Spanier

Ginette Spanier on fainting from hunger in the street during the war

Castaway · 21 June 1965Roy Plomley