The Brothers Karamazov — Book · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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The Brothers Karamazov — Book · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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The Brothers Karamazov

9 episodes

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9

Total castaways

2010s

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Bryan Stevenson
Donald Pleasence
John Morris
Martin Sheen
Professor Jocelyn Bell Burnell
Ronald Eyre
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Tidjane Thiam
Vidal Sassoon

Bryan Stevenson
Bryan Stevenson on the death row prisoner who sang a hymn that changed his life
Castaway · 8 March 2015Kirsty Young
Tidjane Thiam
Tidjane Thiam on his assistant stopping rebels from looting his office
Castaway · 4 November 2012Kirsty Young

desert is.land

“And if you could take only one…” — a semantic wireless tuned to the Desert Island Discs archive.

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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

How Vidal Sassoon fought fascists on the streets of London at 17

Castaway · 9 October 2011Kirsty Young

07°38′S 006°57′W

Martin Sheen

Martin Sheen on Bill Clinton's unsolicited set design advice

Castaway · 3 April 2011Kirsty Young

Professor Jocelyn Bell Burnell

04°21′S 177°29′W

Professor Jocelyn Bell Burnell

How Jocelyn Bell Burnell learned at 18 months that men count and women don’t

Castaway · 24 December 2000Sue Lawley

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

22°35′S 095°53′W

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala on eating Indian sweets by the pound

Castaway · 24 January 1999Sue Lawley

12°55′S 018°27′W

Ronald Eyre

Ronald Eyre on his father telling him he would go to Cambridge

Castaway · 24 February 1991Sue Lawley

Donald Pleasence

16°27′S 050°44′W

Donald Pleasence

Donald Pleasence on winning a silver medal at a musical festival aged seven

Castaway · 29 March 1980Roy Plomley

04°23′S 005°53′W

John Morris

Castaway · 16 February 1959Roy Plomley