West End Celebrity Orchestra

Tuning in…

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

West End Celebrity Orchestra — Artist · desert is.land

Artist

3 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

2000s

Peak decade

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

George MacDonald Fraser
George MacDonald Fraser on being transfixed by Captain Blood at age ten
Castaway · 14 January 2001Sue Lawley
Des Lynam
Des Lynam on not recognising his father when he picked him up as a child
Castaway · 19 November 2000Sue 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

Anthony Dowell on having his knees inspected by Dame Ninette de Valois

Castaway · 8 March 1998Sue Lawley