The Iliad

Tuning in…

desert is.land

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

The listing

Transmission

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

The Iliad — Book · desert is.land

Book

4 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

1970s

Peak decade

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Dr Robert Langer
Robert Langer on a senior faculty member blowing smoke in his face
Castaway · 16 October 2016Kirsty Young
Ruth Padel
Ruth Padel on the moment she chose to retreat from a tigress in Russia
Castaway · 11 January 2009Kirsty Young

desert is.land

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

The listing

Transmission

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

Annan on being beaten for false Latin concordances at prep school

Castaway · 4 November 1990Sue Lawley

10°53′S 127°58′W

How seeing Eisenstein's films gave Elia Kazan his first goal

Castaway · 20 January 1979Roy Plomley