The Great Gatsby

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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The Great Gatsby — Book · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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6 episodes

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1980s

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Anthony Hopkins
Danielle de Niese
David Sainsbury
Jackie Collins
Richard Chamberlain
Rt Hon Lord Sainsbury

Danielle de Niese
Danielle de Niese on pretending each performance never happened before
Castaway · 16 September 2018Kirsty Young
David Sainsbury
Castaway · 1 February 2004Sue Lawley
Rt Hon Lord Sainsbury

desert is.land

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

The listing

Find a castaway
Most requested
Browse the archive
About

Transmission

Broadcasting since 1942
Long wave 198 kHz
An unofficial archive companion
Report a fault

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

David Sainsbury on being asked to choose a Henry Moore drawing as a birthday present as a small boy

Castaway · 1 February 2004Sue Lawley

Jackie Collins

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Jackie Collins

Jackie Collins on waving to the resident Flasher in Regent's Park

Castaway · 7 December 1986Michael Parkinson

Anthony Hopkins

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Anthony Hopkins

How Anthony Hopkins auditioned Othello for Laurence Olivier

Castaway · 23 February 1985Roy Plomley

Richard Chamberlain

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Richard Chamberlain

How the musical Breakfast at Tiffany's flopped disastrously for Richard Chamberlain

Castaway · 14 March 1970Roy Plomley

Danielle de Niese

David Sainsbury

Rt Hon Lord Sainsbury

Jackie Collins

Anthony Hopkins

Richard Chamberlain