Aram Khachaturian — Composer · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Aram Khachaturian — Composer · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Composer

Aram Khachaturian

12 episodes

Chosen over the decades

12

Total castaways

1970s

Peak decade

6

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Ian Carmichael
Les Murray
Peter West
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Sir Andre Geim

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Les Murray

desert is.land

“And if you could take only one…” — a semantic wireless tuned to the Desert Island Discs archive.

The listing

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Most requested
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Broadcasting since 1942
Long wave 198 kHz
An unofficial archive companion
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Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

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Dame Moura Lympany

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