Stuart Burrows

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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

Stuart Burrows — Artist · desert is.land

Artist

5 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

1970s

Peak decade

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

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Castaway · 15 July 2001Sue Lawley

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

How taking off his glasses helped Harry Secombe overcome stage fright

Castaway · 21 December 1997Sue Lawley

11°13′S 105°34′W

How Helen Bradley painted with a fish slice and a dinner plate

Castaway · 5 July 1975Roy Plomley

16°59′S 146°57′W

Stuart Burrows on Stravinsky asking him to sing Oedipus after a BBC broadcast

Castaway · 29 January 1972Roy Plomley