Dictionary of National Biography

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

Book

6 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

1980s

Peak decade

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

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

03°56′S 074°22′W

Castaway · 19 June 1982Roy Plomley

21°58′S 153°21′W

Castaway · 10 January 1981Roy Plomley

16°47′S 044°23′W

Castaway · 10 February 1979Roy Plomley

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