Tristram Shandy

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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

Tristram Shandy — Book · desert is.land

Book

5 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

1970s

Peak decade

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Steve Coogan
How Patrick Marber used Steve Coogan's own words for Alan Partridge
Castaway · 11 October 2009Kirsty Young
Michael Nyman
Michael Nyman on abandoning twelve-tone composition after 30 minutes
Castaway · 19 December 1999Sue Lawley

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

Bamber Gascoigne on the paralysing boredom that made him give up acting

Castaway · 1 November 1987Michael Parkinson

11°46′S 006°56′W

How a six-pound weekly budget sent James Cameron to France

Castaway · 5 May 1979Roy Plomley

00°53′S 097°26′W

How knowing how to pronounce Indian names launched John Arlott's commentary career

Castaway · 17 May 1975Roy Plomley