Sir Malcolm Sargent

Tuning in…

desert is.land

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

The listing

Transmission

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

Sir Malcolm Sargent — Artist · desert is.land

Artist

3 episodes

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Total castaways

1970s

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Castaway · 19 April 1980Roy Plomley
C Northcote Parkinson
C. Northcote Parkinson on being too busy writing books to play discs
Castaway · 14 July 1979Roy Plomley

desert is.land

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

The listing

Transmission

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

Arthur Bryant on becoming the youngest headmaster in England at 23

Castaway · 17 February 1979Roy Plomley