The Hallé Orchestra

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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

The Hallé Orchestra — Artist · desert is.land

Artist

3 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

1960s

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Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Jeremy Bowen
Jeremy Bowen on hearing his first shots in war and feeling excited
Castaway · 4 June 2023Lauren Laverne
Dame Joan Plowright
Joan Plowright on the night Laurence Olivier tried to be a nanny
Castaway · 27 August 2006Sue 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

Hugh Lloyd on his decision never to laugh at his own jokes

Castaway · 7 June 1965Roy Plomley