David Copperfield

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

David Copperfield — Book · desert is.land

Book

4 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

1950s

Peak decade

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Barbara Taylor Bradford
Barbara Taylor Bradford on having her first story published at the age of ten
Castaway · 6 July 2003Sue Lawley
John Sessions
John Sessions on talking to himself in the kitchen
Castaway · 25 February 1990Sue 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

Frankie Howerd on making up Bible stories as a Sunday school teacher aged 13

Castaway · 23 January 1982Roy Plomley

02°19′S 038°06′W

Castaway · 11 May 1959Roy Plomley