The Divine Comedy — Book · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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The Divine Comedy — Book · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Book

The Divine Comedy

11 episodes

Chosen over the decades

11

Total castaways

1980s

Peak decade

5

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Andras Schiff
Anna Moffo
Dame Eva Turner
Franco Zeffirelli
Giovanni Martinelli
Luciano Pavarotti
Nigella Lawson
Professor James Fenton
Randy Newman
Rocco Forte
Tom Stoppard

Randy Newman
Randy Newman on receiving a death threat over 'Short People'
Castaway · 19 October 2008Kirsty Young
Nigella Lawson
Nigella Lawson on her mother thinking she was autistic because she never spoke
Castaway · 5 October 2003Sue Lawley

desert is.land

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

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Most requested
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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

Franco Zeffirelli

Franco Zeffirelli on being born out of wedlock

Castaway · 18 May 2003Sue Lawley

00°54′S 078°37′W

Andras Schiff

Andras Schiff on starting every day by playing Bach

Castaway · 7 February 1999Sue Lawley

Professor James Fenton

21°02′S 093°16′W

Professor James Fenton

James Fenton on the Les Misérables song that made him a millionaire

Castaway · 2 October 1994Sue Lawley

01°00′S 026°05′W

Rocco Forte

Rocco Forte on throwing down his sabre and quitting fencing forever

Castaway · 5 February 1989Sue Lawley

21°26′S 069°49′W

Tom Stoppard

Tom Stoppard on playing the triangle in Darjeeling in 1944

Castaway · 12 January 1985Roy Plomley

Dame Eva Turner

15°40′S 156°29′W

Dame Eva Turner

Eva Turner on hearing Il Trovatore and knowing she would sing opera

Castaway · 6 March 1982Roy Plomley

01°03′S 086°44′W

Anna Moffo

How Anna Moffo went from Little Miss Muffet to overnight star

Castaway · 20 November 1976Roy Plomley

Luciano Pavarotti

13°18′S 001°52′W

Luciano Pavarotti

Luciano Pavarotti on not being able to imagine himself alone for more than a day

Castaway · 14 February 1976Roy Plomley

Giovanni Martinelli

19°42′S 096°18′W

Giovanni Martinelli

Giovanni Martinelli on his bandmaster discovering his voice in the army

Castaway · 18 June 1962Roy Plomley