Weather Report

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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

Weather Report — Artist · desert is.land

Artist

4 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

2000s

Peak decade

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Victoria Wood
Victoria Wood on her childhood home crammed with junk from bombsites
Castaway · 23 December 2007Kirsty Young
Karl Jenkins
Karl Jenkins on returning to Wales for his father's funeral
Castaway · 10 December 2006Kirsty Young

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

Nigel Kennedy on getting a perfect score after his teacher warned him against playing jazz

Castaway · 12 January 1986Michael Parkinson

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Anna Raeburn on expecting Laurence Olivier to discover her on her 17th birthday

Castaway · 27 May 1978Roy Plomley