Medici String Quartet — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Medici String Quartet — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Medici String Quartet

6 episodes

Chosen over the decades

6

Total castaways

2000s

Peak decade

3

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

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

Robert Hardy
Robert Hardy on how dissatisfaction with himself led him to acting
Castaway · 20 November 2011Kirsty Young
Antonia Fraser
Antonia Fraser on her 'don't come in' notice for writing while raising six children
Castaway · 27 July 2008Kirsty Young

desert is.land

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

The listing

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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

Jill Balcon on discovering her husband's affairs through his biography

Castaway · 14 October 2007Kirsty Young

05°45′S 149°32′W

Sheila Hancock

How hypnotism stopped Sheila Hancock vomiting before a National Theatre performance

Castaway · 27 February 2000Sue Lawley

Sir Martin Rees

01°07′S 022°56′W

Sir Martin Rees

Martin Rees on how being bad at Greek and Latin steered him towards astronomy

Castaway · 4 May 1997Sue Lawley

Dr Jonathan Sacks

15°01′S 097°39′W

Dr Jonathan Sacks

Jonathan Sacks on shaving his beard during the Gulf War

Castaway · 21 April 1991Sue Lawley