Philadelphia Orchestra

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Philadelphia Orchestra — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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7 episodes

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1990s

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George Cole
Klaus Tennstedt
Linton Kwesi Johnson
Lord David Cobbold
Lord Weinstock
Rick Wakeman
Sir Harry Secombe

Rick Wakeman
How a tomato juice order helped Rick Wakeman quit drinking
Castaway · 11 June 2017Kirsty Young
Lord David Cobbold
David Cobbold on sending a Girl Guide leader to talk to Mick Jagger
Castaway · 8 August 2010Kirsty Young

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

Linton Kwesi Johnson

Linton Kwesi Johnson on turning down a six-album deal with Island Records

Castaway · 8 December 2002Sue Lawley

Sir Harry Secombe

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Sir Harry Secombe

How taking off his glasses helped Harry Secombe overcome stage fright

Castaway · 21 December 1997Sue Lawley

Lord Weinstock

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Lord Weinstock

Arnold Weinstock on being sent with a label and gas mask to the wilds of Warwickshire

Castaway · 23 May 1993Sue Lawley

Klaus Tennstedt

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Klaus Tennstedt

How Klaus Tennstedt conducted his first opera without any prior experience

Castaway · 22 September 1991Sue Lawley

George Cole

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George Cole

How shoveling coal made a man of George Cole

Castaway · 4 September 1976Roy Plomley

Rick Wakeman

Lord David Cobbold

Sir Harry Secombe

Lord Weinstock

Klaus Tennstedt

George Cole