The Eagles

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

The Eagles — Artist · desert is.land

Artist

4 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

1980s

Peak decade

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Sir Harry Kroto
Harry Kroto on checking the postmark to see if his knighthood offer was a joke
Castaway · 24 June 2001Sue Lawley
Mark McCormack
Mark McCormack on being hit by a car at six and taking up golf
Castaway · 2 July 1989Sue Lawley
Susannah York

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

Susannah York on getting her first laugh in a school play aged nine

Castaway · 1 March 1980Roy Plomley

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Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais on meeting at The Uxbridge Arms and playing hearts

Castaway · 21 July 1979Roy Plomley