Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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1960s

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Ann Daniels
Arthur Hailey
Bobby Robson
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Terry Scott

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Bobby Robson
Bobby Robson on learning he was sacked by Fulham from a newspaper
Castaway · 25 May 1986Michael Parkinson

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

Arthur Hailey

Arthur Hailey on his mother making up stories to tell him as a boy

Castaway · 6 April 1986Michael Parkinson

Terry Scott

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Terry Scott

Terry Scott on being petrified of spiders and quick darting things

Castaway · 11 April 1966Roy Plomley

Sir Frank Francis

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Sir Frank Francis

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Castaway · 14 March 1966Roy Plomley

Sir Paul Dukes

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Sir Paul Dukes

Paul Dukes on starting life over again at seventy

Castaway · 22 February 1965Roy Plomley

Ann Daniels

Bobby Robson

Terry Scott

Sir Frank Francis

Sir Paul Dukes