Smetana Quartet — 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

Smetana Quartet

4 episodes

Chosen over the decades

4

Total castaways

1990s

Peak decade

2

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Anthony Minghella
David Pountney
Lord May
Sir John Sulston

Lord May
Castaway · 3 March 2002Sue Lawley
Sir John Sulston
Castaway · 13 May 2001Sue Lawley
David Pountney
Castaway · 22 February 1998

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

Anthony Minghella

04°45′S 119°55′W

Anthony Minghella

Castaway · 9 November 1997Sue Lawley

Smetana Quartet — Artist · desert is.land