The Natural History of Selborne

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

The Natural History of Selborne — Book · desert is.land

Book

4 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

1960s

Peak decade

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Professor Ghillean Prance
Ghillean Prance on being marooned in the Amazon for eight days with no food
Castaway · 13 December 1992Sue Lawley
Ronald Lockley
How two accidents turned Ronald Lockley into a naturalist
Castaway · 4 October 1980Roy Plomley
Eric Simms

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

How Eric Simms hauled 1,800 feet of cable up a cliff to record a golden eagle

Castaway · 5 June 1976Roy Plomley

14°41′S 141°31′W

Castaway · 2 November 1964Roy Plomley