Peter Auty

Tuning in…

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

Peter Auty — Artist · desert is.land

Artist

4 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

2000s

Peak decade

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Dame Esther Rantzen
How Esther Rantzen faced 50,000 calls on ChildLine's first night
Castaway · 10 March 2019Lauren Laverne
Nicola Horlick
Nicola Horlick on Sky vans and film crews arriving at her door
Castaway · 29 July 2007Kirsty Young
Sister Frances Dominica

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

Frances Dominica on the split-second she knew she had to become a nun

Castaway · 8 February 2004Sue Lawley

21°16′S 128°01′W

Ben Kingsley on watching Ian Holm play Richard III

Castaway · 16 February 1986Michael Parkinson