The Complete Works of Shakespeare

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

desert is.landest. 1942

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11 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

1970s

Peak decade

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Angela Baddeley
Colin Welland
Dr Roy Strong
Elizabeth Jane Howard
John Mortimer
Laurence Harvey
Peter Rogers
Professor Barry Cunliffe
Richard Dimbleby
Rita Hunter
Vince Hill

Vince Hill
Castaway · 15 November 1975Roy Plomley
Angela Baddeley
Castaway · 21 December 1974Roy Plomley
Peter Rogers

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

Castaway · 20 October 1973

·Roy Plomley

Colin Welland

04°00′S 022°09′W

Colin Welland

Castaway · 4 August 1973Roy Plomley

Rita Hunter

06°52′S 175°54′W

Rita Hunter

Castaway · 10 February 1973Roy Plomley

Professor Barry Cunliffe

15°52′S 044°17′W

Professor Barry Cunliffe

Castaway · 19 August 1972Roy Plomley

Elizabeth Jane Howard

07°48′S 126°16′W

Elizabeth Jane Howard

Castaway · 29 April 1972Roy Plomley

Dr Roy Strong

00°15′S 049°09′W

Dr Roy Strong

Castaway · 7 March 1970Roy Plomley

John Mortimer

10°37′S 099°27′W

John Mortimer

Castaway · 20 January 1968Roy Plomley

Richard Dimbleby

22°51′S 160°00′W

Richard Dimbleby

Castaway · 13 October 1958Roy Plomley

Laurence Harvey

00°39′S 077°40′W

Laurence Harvey

Castaway · 2 January 1956Roy Plomley

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