The English Concert — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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The English Concert — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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The English Concert

5 episodes

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5

Total castaways

1990s

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3

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Castaways who chose this

Baroness Arminka Helić
Christiane Amanpour
Lady Warnock
Lynda La Plante
Sir Terence Conran

Baroness Arminka Helić
Arminka Helić on being called in aged 14 to become a communist
Castaway · 13 October 2019Lauren Laverne
Christiane Amanpour
Christiane Amanpour on asking Slobodan Milosevic how he could sleep at night
Castaway · 2 October 2016Kirsty Young

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

Sir Terence Conran

How a grocery queue helped Terence Conran accept a knighthood

Castaway · 1 September 1996Sue Lawley

Lynda La Plante

22°35′S 159°32′W

Lynda La Plante

Lynda La Plante on the moment she knew she'd never act again

Castaway · 23 October 1994Sue Lawley

06°00′S 063°31′W

Lady Warnock

Mary Warnock on timing her babies for the long vacation

Castaway · 4 December 1988Michael Parkinson