Antonio Vivaldi — Composer · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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

desert is.landest. 1942

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Composer

Antonio Vivaldi

68 episodes

Chosen over the decades

67

Total castaways

1980s

Peak decade

8

Decades seen

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Annie Lennox
Anthony Horowitz
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Bill Morris
Boris Christoff
Carla Lane
Charles Dance
Christine McVie
Christopher Hampton
Derren Brown
Dr Dame Sue Ion
Edward Ardizzone
Eileen Atkins
Erich Segal
Eve Arnold
Felicity Green
Frank Muir
Frederic Raphael
Giuseppe Di Stefano
Gloria Steinem
Harold Evans
Harry Enfield
Hephzibah Menuhin
Isabel Allende
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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

Find a castaway
Most requested
Browse the archive
About

Transmission

Broadcasting since 1942
Long wave 198 kHz
An unofficial archive companion
Report a fault

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

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Eileen Atkins

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Bill Morris

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Thelma Holt

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Harry Enfield

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Terry Pratchett

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Terry Pratchett

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Eve Arnold

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Christopher Hampton

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Patricia Hodge

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Joanna Trollope

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Isabel Allende

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Lord Weinstock

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Raymond Blanc

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Thomas Keneally

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Antonio Vivaldi — Composer · desert is.land