Rudolf Serkin — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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

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Broadcasting since 1942
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

Rudolf Serkin

4 episodes

Chosen over the decades

4

Total castaways

1980s

Peak decade

3

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Gyorgy Ligeti
John Mills
Michael Elkins
Sir Ernst Gombrich

Sir Ernst Gombrich
Castaway · 5 April 1992Sue Lawley
Michael Elkins
Castaway · 16 February 1985Roy Plomley
Gyorgy Ligeti

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

Castaway · 18 December 1982

15°44′S 055°46′W

John Mills

Castaway · 22 December 1973Roy Plomley

Rudolf Serkin — Artist · desert is.land