The Golden Treasury — Book · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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The Golden Treasury — Book · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Book

The Golden Treasury

9 episodes

Chosen over the decades

9

Total castaways

1980s

Peak decade

4

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

A N Wilson
Arthur C Clarke
Dame Shirley Porter
George Carman QC
Ken Loach
Kenneth Williams
Rt Hon Lord Denning
Sir John Betjeman
Stephen Grenfell

Ken Loach
Ken Loach on having his documentaries banned from television
Castaway · 18 April 1999Sue Lawley
Dame Shirley Porter
Shirley Porter on being denied head girl, possibly because of her Jewish name
Castaway · 28 April 1991Sue Lawley
George Carman QC

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

George Carman on giving up the priesthood because he liked women

Castaway · 24 June 1990Sue Lawley

Kenneth Williams

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Kenneth Williams

Kenneth Williams on the newsvendor whose voice he used for Gramp Fattock

Castaway · 26 July 1987Michael Parkinson

06°54′S 112°53′W

A N Wilson

A N Wilson on his childhood ambition to be an Australian Aborigine

Castaway · 30 April 1983Roy Plomley

Rt Hon Lord Denning

19°32′S 129°56′W

Rt Hon Lord Denning

Lord Denning on saying at age ten he would become a barrister

Castaway · 17 May 1980Roy Plomley

Arthur C Clarke

08°50′S 115°54′W

Arthur C Clarke

Arthur C Clarke on building his own crystal set to listen to music as a youth

Castaway · 23 July 1977Roy Plomley

Sir John Betjeman

07°36′S 141°06′W

Sir John Betjeman

John Betjeman on reciting his poetry in the bath

Castaway · 12 April 1975Roy Plomley

Stephen Grenfell

23°34′S 133°37′W

Stephen Grenfell

Castaway · 10 August 1964Roy Plomley