Ralph Vaughan Williams — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Long wave 198 kHz
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Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

desert is.landest. 1942

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Artist

Ralph Vaughan Williams

4 episodes

Chosen over the decades

4

Total castaways

1960s

Peak decade

2

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

A G Street
Gracie Fields
Professor Barry Cunliffe
Sir Gordon Russell

Professor Barry Cunliffe
Castaway · 19 August 1972Roy Plomley
Sir Gordon Russell
Castaway · 3 June 1968Roy Plomley
A G Street
Castaway · 17 December 1962

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

03°09′S 026°40′W

Gracie Fields

Castaway · 25 December 1961Roy Plomley

Ralph Vaughan Williams — Artist · desert is.land