Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Sir John Barbirolli

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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

Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Sir John Barbirolli — Artist · desert is.land

Artist

3 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

1960s

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Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Thomas Keneally
How a broken briefcase led Thomas Keneally to the story of Schindler
Castaway · 26 November 1983Roy Plomley
Sir Arthur Bryant
Arthur Bryant on becoming the youngest headmaster in England at 23
Castaway · 17 February 1979Roy Plomley

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

C H Jaeger on playing the trumpets at the 1937 coronation

Castaway · 18 November 1968Roy Plomley