The Swiss Family Robinson

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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 Swiss Family Robinson — Book · desert is.land

Book

3 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

1960s

Peak decade

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Sir Arthur Bliss
Arthur Bliss on calling his wife to hammer a nail
Castaway · 29 July 1972Roy Plomley
Dirk Bogarde
Dirk Bogarde on his first job cleaning the gentleman's lavatory at Kew Theatre
Castaway · 28 September 1964Roy Plomley

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

Ralph Reader on the half-empty theatre that started the Gang Shows

Castaway · 8 May 1961Roy Plomley