Rita Streich

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Rita Streich — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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6 episodes

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1960s

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Elizabeth Jane Howard
Mary Ellis
Rita Streich
Sir Francis McLean
Wilfrid Brambell
Winston Graham

Elizabeth Jane Howard
Elizabeth Jane Howard on the faded photograph that made her dread war
Castaway · 29 October 1995Sue Lawley
Mary Ellis
Mary Ellis on being inspired by Madam Butterfly at age 12
Castaway · 25 December 1982Roy Plomley

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

Rita Streich

Rita Streich on being held tight by her mother as wolves approached the sledge in Siberia

Castaway · 15 July 1978Roy Plomley

Winston Graham

13°17′S 027°36′W

Winston Graham

Winston Graham on keeping his early novels 'decently interred'

Castaway · 26 November 1977Roy Plomley

Sir Francis McLean

07°55′S 044°44′W

Sir Francis McLean

Francis McLean on entering Paris on the day it was liberated

Castaway · 12 August 1968Roy Plomley

Wilfrid Brambell

20°31′S 031°35′W

Wilfrid Brambell

Wilfrid Brambell on entertaining wounded soldiers at age two and a half

Castaway · 30 March 1964Roy Plomley

Elizabeth Jane Howard

Mary Ellis

Winston Graham

Sir Francis McLean

Wilfrid Brambell