Mirella Freni

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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

Mirella Freni — Artist · desert is.land

Artist

5 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

1980s

Peak decade

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Sir Michael Marmot
How a bottle of white mixture led Michael Marmot to question medicine
Castaway · 6 July 2014Kirsty Young
Michael Green
Michael Green on choosing playing cards over O levels
Castaway · 16 May 1999Sue Lawley
Sue Lawley

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

Sue Lawley on being called the kind of girl you'd take home to mum

Castaway · 8 November 1987Michael Parkinson

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Elaine Paige on her fourth audition for Evita thinking ‘Here we go again’

Castaway · 12 July 1987Michael Parkinson

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Peter Quennell on being sacked from the fire service for smoking on a fire

Castaway · 25 September 1976Roy Plomley