Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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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

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

14 episodes

Chosen over the decades

14

Total castaways

1990s

Peak decade

5

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

André Previn
Britt Ekland
Dame Joan Bakewell
Dame Ninette De Valois
Darcey Bussell
John Drummond
Judith Kerr
Kenneth Macmillan
Marianela Núñez
Nadia Nerina
Nicholas Hytner
Rt Hon Gillian Shephard MP
Sir Anthony Dowell
Sir Peter Pears

Marianela Núñez
Castaway · 29 December 2024Lauren Laverne
Dame Joan Bakewell
Castaway · 9 August 2009Kirsty Young
Darcey Bussell

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 May 2006

10°15′S 154°04′W

Judith Kerr

Castaway · 29 February 2004Sue Lawley

Sir Anthony Dowell

08°43′S 051°21′W

Sir Anthony Dowell

Castaway · 8 March 1998Sue Lawley

15°32′S 137°01′W

André Previn

Castaway · 18 August 1996Sue Lawley

Rt Hon Gillian Shephard MP

11°22′S 113°10′W

Rt Hon Gillian Shephard MP

Castaway · 5 November 1995Sue Lawley

14°04′S 015°38′W

John Drummond

Castaway · 26 June 1994Sue Lawley

13°31′S 129°22′W

Britt Ekland

Castaway · 22 May 1994Sue Lawley

Nicholas Hytner

05°02′S 015°39′W

Nicholas Hytner

Castaway · 11 July 1993Sue Lawley

Dame Ninette De Valois

23°16′S 027°35′W

Dame Ninette De Valois

Castaway · 17 February 1991Sue Lawley

Sir Peter Pears

13°27′S 035°45′W

Sir Peter Pears

Castaway · 11 June 1983Roy Plomley

Kenneth Macmillan

14°10′S 041°49′W

Kenneth Macmillan

Castaway · 5 March 1983Roy Plomley

21°50′S 119°04′W

Nadia Nerina

Castaway · 18 October 1965Roy Plomley

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden — Artist · desert is.land