Mel Tormé

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

Mel Tormé — Artist · desert is.land

Artist

5 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

1980s

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Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Fay Maschler
Fay Maschler on being caught in disguise as Shirley Bassey by Marco Pierre White
Castaway · 14 March 1999Sue Lawley
Ken Russell
How Ken Russell walked out of his own film Valentino
Castaway · 22 February 1987Michael Parkinson
Bobby Robson

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

Bobby Robson on learning he was sacked by Fulham from a newspaper

Castaway · 25 May 1986Michael Parkinson

23°04′S 052°24′W

Gloria Swanson on being fired by Charlie Chaplin

Castaway · 4 July 1981Roy Plomley

07°28′S 106°49′W

Ronnie Corbett on his first job issuing animal feed coupons

Castaway · 29 May 1971Roy Plomley