Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

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Brenda Blethyn
Christopher Reeve
Egon Ronay
Georg Solti
Isidore Godfrey
Leonard Rosoman
Marguerite Wolff
Rumer Godden
Vincent Brome

Brenda Blethyn
How amateur dramatics led Brenda Blethyn's husband to fall for the lady opposite
Castaway · 18 September 2005Sue Lawley
Marguerite Wolff
Marguerite Wolff on seeing girls swinging tennis rackets and feeling wistful
Castaway · 15 November 2002Sue Lawley

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
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Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

Leonard Rosoman

How a fire chief’s order saved Leonard Rosoman from a falling wall

Castaway · 9 June 2002Sue Lawley

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Rumer Godden

How a father's remark about her face broke Rumer Godden's heart

Castaway · 13 October 1996Sue Lawley

Christopher Reeve

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Christopher Reeve

Christopher Reeve on his first stage role as a boy soprano in Gilbert and Sullivan

Castaway · 7 April 1984Roy Plomley

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Egon Ronay

Egon Ronay on how a friend drinking a Russian commander under the table helped him leave Budapest

Castaway · 19 February 1977Roy Plomley

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Vincent Brome

Vincent Brome on wanting an inflatable woman to write on

Castaway · 6 March 1976Roy Plomley

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Bing Crosby

Bing Crosby on quitting law school to play in a band at a Chinese restaurant

Castaway · 27 December 1975Roy Plomley

Isidore Godfrey

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Isidore Godfrey

Isidore Godfrey on singing Hell's Persia to the Sarsi Indians

Castaway · 7 February 1970Roy Plomley

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Georg Solti

Georg Solti on being unable to make tea on a desert island

Castaway · 26 December 1966Roy Plomley