Medici String Quartet

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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

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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

desert is.landest. 1942

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Artist

6 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

2000s

Peak decade

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Antonia Fraser
Dr Jonathan Sacks
Jill Balcon
Robert Hardy
Sheila Hancock
Sir Martin Rees

Robert Hardy
Castaway · 20 November 2011Kirsty Young
Antonia Fraser
Castaway · 27 July 2008Kirsty Young
Jill Balcon

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
Report a fault

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

Castaway · 14 October 2007

·Kirsty Young

Sheila Hancock

05°45′S 149°32′W

Sheila Hancock

Castaway · 27 February 2000Sue Lawley

Sir Martin Rees

01°07′S 022°56′W

Sir Martin Rees

Castaway · 4 May 1997Sue Lawley

Dr Jonathan Sacks

15°01′S 097°39′W

Dr Jonathan Sacks

Castaway · 21 April 1991Sue Lawley

Medici String Quartet — Artist · desert is.land

Robert Hardy

Antonia Fraser

Jill Balcon

Sheila Hancock

Sir Martin Rees

Dr Jonathan Sacks