Peter Pears and Benjamin Britten

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
An unofficial archive companion
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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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6 episodes

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Total castaways

1990s

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Castaways who chose this

Anthony Rolfe Johnson
Mitsuko Uchida
Sir Peter Pears
Susan Hill
U A Fanthorpe
Vlado Perlemuter

U A Fanthorpe
Castaway · 9 May 2004Sue Lawley
Mitsuko Uchida
Castaway · 28 April 1996Sue Lawley
Susan Hill
Castaway · 11 February 1996

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

·Sue Lawley

Anthony Rolfe Johnson

11°53′S 093°26′W

Anthony Rolfe Johnson

Castaway · 26 April 1992Sue Lawley

Vlado Perlemuter

11°36′S 148°55′W

Vlado Perlemuter

Castaway · 14 July 1984Roy Plomley

Sir Peter Pears

13°27′S 035°45′W

Sir Peter Pears

Castaway · 11 June 1983Roy Plomley

Peter Pears and Benjamin Britten — Artist · desert is.land

U A Fanthorpe

Mitsuko Uchida

Susan Hill

Anthony Rolfe Johnson

Vlado Perlemuter

Sir Peter Pears