Maurice Chevalier and Hermione Gingold

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

Maurice Chevalier and Hermione Gingold — Artist · desert is.land

Artist

3 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

1960s

Peak decade

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Dilys Powell
Dilys Powell on being banned by MGM for criticising Gone with the Wind
Castaway · 24 November 1991Sue Lawley
C Northcote Parkinson
C. Northcote Parkinson on being too busy writing books to play discs
Castaway · 14 July 1979Roy 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

Gracie Fields on sitting on a step and singing for pennies

Castaway · 25 December 1961Roy Plomley