Treasure Island

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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

Treasure Island — Book · desert is.land

Book

3 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

1970s

Peak decade

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Frank Warren
Frank Warren on being shot and initially thinking it was a joke
Castaway · 24 January 2010Kirsty Young
Loyd Grossman
How being mistaken for Bevis Hillier got Loyd Grossman on TV
Castaway · 30 November 1997Sue Lawley
Allan Prior

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

Allan Prior on knocking over his boss's inkwell to land his first job

Castaway · 13 January 1979Roy Plomley