Quartetto Italiano — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Quartetto Italiano — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Quartetto Italiano

11 episodes

Chosen over the decades

11

Total castaways

1970s

Peak decade

5

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Alec Robertson
Antal Dorati
Elia Kazan
General Sir John Hackett
Glen Tetley
James Ellroy
John Bird
John Drummond
Lynn Seymour
Simon Schama
Sir Fred Hoyle

James Ellroy
James Ellroy on the relief he felt when his mother was murdered
Castaway · 17 January 2010Kirsty Young
Simon Schama
Simon Schama on discovering his ancestors were Jewish lumberjacks
Castaway · 2 September 2001Sue Lawley
John Bird

desert is.land

“And if you could take only one…” — a semantic wireless tuned to the Desert Island Discs archive.

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Most requested
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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

John Bird on performing when no one else would for the money

Castaway · 28 May 2000Sue Lawley

14°04′S 015°38′W

John Drummond

John Drummond on the ten years of misery under Hugh Weldon

Castaway · 26 June 1994Sue Lawley

13°25′S 170°58′W

Sir Fred Hoyle

Fred Hoyle on climbing a wall and looking up into the sky

Castaway · 12 October 1986Michael Parkinson

06°13′S 132°47′W

Antal Dorati

How a hateful meeting at the Musicians' Union made Antal Dorati leave Germany

Castaway · 13 September 1980Roy Plomley

General Sir John Hackett

23°38′S 103°03′W

General Sir John Hackett

John Hackett on escaping German-occupied Holland in a canoe at dawn

Castaway · 21 June 1980Roy Plomley

09°50′S 048°42′W

Glen Tetley

Glen Tetley on how a few movements earned him a contract from Jerome Robbins

Castaway · 7 July 1979Roy Plomley

10°53′S 127°58′W

Elia Kazan

How seeing Eisenstein's films gave Elia Kazan his first goal

Castaway · 20 January 1979Roy Plomley

04°16′S 154°28′W

Lynn Seymour

Lynn Seymour on being bowled over by a dancer after watching The Red Shoes

Castaway · 7 February 1976Roy Plomley

23°32′S 155°43′W

Alec Robertson

Alec Robertson on his mother's singing lesson that ended with 'never come back'

Castaway · 3 June 1972Roy Plomley