Sir Ralph Richardson

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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 Ralph Richardson — Artist · desert is.land

Artist

5 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

1980s

Peak decade

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Alan Howard
Alan Howard on the superstition about quoting Macbeth in a dressing room
Castaway · 5 December 1981Roy Plomley
Sir John Gielgud
John Gielgud on his only line as a spear-carrier in Henry V
Castaway · 16 May 1981Roy 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

Peter Parker on not reading Alice in Wonderland until about 30

Castaway · 12 January 1980Roy Plomley

08°34′S 144°14′W

Robert Powell on keeping his eyes open without blinking

Castaway · 6 January 1979Roy Plomley

10°36′S 126°09′W

P L Travers on learning to live with the Disney Mary Poppins

Castaway · 21 May 1977Roy Plomley