Mel Tormé — Artist · desert is.land

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
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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

Mel Tormé

5 episodes

Chosen over the decades

5

Total castaways

1980s

Peak decade

3

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Bobby Robson
Fay Maschler
Gloria Swanson
Ken Russell
Ronnie Corbett

Fay Maschler
Castaway · 14 March 1999Sue Lawley
Ken Russell
Castaway · 22 February 1987Michael Parkinson
Bobby Robson
Castaway · 25 May 1986

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

·Michael Parkinson

23°04′S 052°24′W

Gloria Swanson

Castaway · 4 July 1981Roy Plomley

07°28′S 106°49′W

Ronnie Corbett

Castaway · 29 May 1971Roy Plomley

Mel Tormé — Artist · desert is.land