Martha Argerich — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Martha Argerich — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Artist

Martha Argerich

8 episodes

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8

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2010s

Peak decade

4

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Julie Andrews
Maggie O'Farrell
Sally Wainwright
Sheila Hancock
Sigrid Rausing
Sir Denis Forman
Tony Robinson

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Brian Greene on spending Saturday afternoons multiplying 30-digit numbers
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Maggie O'Farrell
Maggie O'Farrell on hiding in her daughter's Wendy house to write during lockdown
Castaway · 21 March 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
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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

How her brother's addiction led Sigrid Rausing to check into rehab

Castaway · 24 January 2016Kirsty Young

Sally Wainwright

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Sally Wainwright

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Tony Robinson

How Tony Robinson's Blackadder role came from an act of desperation

Castaway · 3 July 2011Kirsty Young

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Sheila Hancock

How hypnotism stopped Sheila Hancock vomiting before a National Theatre performance

Castaway · 27 February 2000Sue Lawley

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Julie Andrews

Julie Andrews on losing the film role of Eliza Doolittle to Audrey Hepburn

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Sir Denis Forman

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Sir Denis Forman

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Castaway · 3 March 1991Sue Lawley