Tony Bennett — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Tony Bennett — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Artist

Tony Bennett

11 episodes

Chosen over the decades

11

Total castaways

1980s

Peak decade

5

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Bradley Walsh
Buddy Rich
Diana Dors
Dick Francis
Ed McBain
Felicity Lott
Grayson Perry
Sacha Distel
Sandy Powell
Shirley MacLaine
Tony Bennett

Sandy Powell
Sandy Powell on the green nail polish that transfixed her in Cabaret
Castaway · 25 February 2024Lauren Laverne
Bradley Walsh
Bradley Walsh on being let go by Brentford after fracturing both ankles
Castaway · 15 May 2022Lauren Laverne
Felicity Lott

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
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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

Felicity Lott on replacing Barbara Walker at the English National Opera

Castaway · 13 July 2008Kirsty Young

05°28′S 178°09′W

Grayson Perry

How winning the Turner Prize made Grayson Perry feel allowed

Castaway · 18 February 2007Kirsty Young

05°57′S 108°24′W

Sacha Distel

Sacha Distel on playing the piano as police took his mother

Castaway · 15 February 2004Sue Lawley

09°33′S 080°32′W

Dick Francis

Dick Francis on the heartbreaking collapse of Devon Loch in the 1956 Grand National

Castaway · 13 December 1998Sue Lawley

Shirley MacLaine

09°46′S 152°11′W

Shirley MacLaine

How researching Parisian tarts nearly made Shirley MacLaine quit acting

Castaway · 5 November 1983Roy Plomley

20°22′S 023°59′W

Diana Dors

How a secret about her age helped Diana Dors land her first film role

Castaway · 21 November 1981Roy Plomley

14°52′S 085°12′W

Buddy Rich

How a UFO buzzed Buddy Rich's car at 4am

Castaway · 9 May 1981Roy Plomley

11°09′S 030°26′W

Ed McBain

Ed McBain on using a typewriter with only capital letters in the Navy

Castaway · 23 June 1979Roy Plomley

12°12′S 147°35′W

Tony Bennett

Tony Bennett on his first big-time job with Pearl Bailey

Castaway · 27 May 1972Roy Plomley