Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

10 episodes

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10

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1980s

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5

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Alfred Hitchcock
Arthur Hailey
Bruce Tulloh
Ismail Merchant
Jane Glover
Robert Robinson
Sir Frank Francis
Sir Geoffrey Howe
Sir Gordon Russell
Zadie Smith

Zadie Smith
Zadie Smith on sitting in her future husband’s room until 4am
Castaway · 22 September 2013Kirsty Young
Sir Geoffrey Howe
Geoffrey Howe on convincing Labour voters that Tories don't have horns, tails or cloven hooves
Castaway · 20 July 1986Michael Parkinson

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
Browse the archive
About

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

Ismail Merchant

Ismail Merchant on his father wanting him to be a doctor or lawyer

Castaway · 8 June 1986Michael Parkinson

20°29′S 031°33′W

Arthur Hailey

Arthur Hailey on his mother making up stories to tell him as a boy

Castaway · 6 April 1986Michael Parkinson

07°50′S 040°41′W

Jane Glover

Jane Glover on her childhood ambition to be a policewoman

Castaway · 30 March 1986Michael Parkinson

Robert Robinson

08°17′S 019°39′W

Robert Robinson

Robert Robinson on comparing a desert island to a stuck lift

Castaway · 16 August 1975Roy Plomley

09°28′S 114°51′W

Bruce Tulloh

Bruce Tulloh on getting the idea to run across America from the Guinness Book of Records

Castaway · 23 November 1974Roy Plomley

Sir Gordon Russell

07°32′S 020°15′W

Sir Gordon Russell

How walking down the main street of Chipping Camden taught Gordon Russell more than school

Castaway · 3 June 1968Roy Plomley

Sir Frank Francis

16°01′S 056°38′W

Sir Frank Francis

Frank Francis on the sketch plans for moving the British Museum Library

Castaway · 14 March 1966Roy Plomley

Alfred Hitchcock

14°37′S 156°02′W

Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock on describing Psycho as 'a rather gentle horror picture'

Castaway · 19 October 1959Roy Plomley