Tony Hancock — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Tony Hancock — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Artist

Tony Hancock

4 episodes

Chosen over the decades

4

Total castaways

1960s

Peak decade

4

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Hugh Lloyd
Peter White
Ray Reardon
Sebastian Coe

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Sebastian Coe
Castaway · 15 August 1981Roy Plomley
Ray Reardon
Castaway · 24 March 1979

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
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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

16°26′S 057°08′W

Hugh Lloyd

Castaway · 7 June 1965Roy Plomley