Sarah Vaughan — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Sarah Vaughan — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Artist

Sarah Vaughan

11 episodes

Chosen over the decades

11

Total castaways

1970s

Peak decade

5

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Kenneth Macmillan
Maurice Woodruff
Maya Angelou
Nicole Farhi
Renee Fleming
Rod Steiger
Sir Robert Helpmann
Steven Pinker
Tennessee Williams
Terence Stamp
Timothy West

Nicole Farhi
Nicole Farhi on sculpting a head of Thomas Gainsborough for Gainsborough House
Castaway · 10 July 2016Kirsty Young
Steven Pinker
Steven Pinker on the hate mail he got for using 'snuck'
Castaway · 30 June 2013Kirsty Young
Terence Stamp

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

How a letter in an ashram brought Terence Stamp back to play General Zod

Castaway · 12 March 2006Sue Lawley

17°45′S 070°17′W

Renee Fleming

Renee Fleming on meeting Placido Domingo for the first time mid-scene

Castaway · 18 November 2005Sue Lawley

15°13′S 045°56′W

Rod Steiger

Rod Steiger on fetching his mother from pubs at age eight

Castaway · 25 July 1999Sue Lawley

19°29′S 054°56′W

Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou on the moment poetry gave her back her voice

Castaway · 2 August 1987Michael Parkinson

Kenneth Macmillan

14°10′S 041°49′W

Kenneth Macmillan

How a schoolboy letter helped Kenneth Macmillan get into ballet school

Castaway · 5 March 1983Roy Plomley

07°33′S 039°16′W

Timothy West

How playing Edward VII made Timothy West expect doors to open for him

Castaway · 16 February 1980Roy Plomley

Sir Robert Helpmann

06°15′S 162°30′W

Sir Robert Helpmann

Robert Helpmann on seeing his mother in Katherine Hepburn's Portia

Castaway · 23 December 1978Roy Plomley

Tennessee Williams

20°18′S 046°21′W

Tennessee Williams

How seeing Ibsen's Ghosts moved Tennessee Williams out of his seat

Castaway · 9 September 1978Roy Plomley

Maurice Woodruff

05°09′S 124°05′W

Maurice Woodruff

Maurice Woodruff on why he never tells a client they will die

Castaway · 26 June 1971Roy Plomley