Ariel Ramírez

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Ariel Ramírez — Composer · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Composer

10 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

1980s

Peak decade

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Castaways who chose this

Chris De Burgh
Elizabeth Esteve-Coll
Jack Higgins
Kiri Te Kanawa
Mary Ellis
Paco Peña
Rumer Godden
Sir Geoffrey Jackson
Stephanie Beacham

Jack Higgins
Jack Higgins on the IRA bomb his step-grandfather carried him from
Castaway · 5 March 2006Sue Lawley
Paco Peña
How a boy's guitar melody in Cordoba inspired Paco Peña
Castaway · 11 April 1999Sue Lawley

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

Chris De Burgh

Chris De Burgh on not wanting to be a grandfather saying he could have been a great singer

Castaway · 26 July 1998Sue Lawley

Rumer Godden

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Rumer Godden

How a father's remark about her face broke Rumer Godden's heart

Castaway · 13 October 1996Sue Lawley

Elizabeth Esteve-Coll

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Elizabeth Esteve-Coll

Elizabeth Esteve-Coll on learning oxyacetylene welding on a Spanish ship

Castaway · 20 October 1991Sue Lawley

Stephanie Beacham

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Stephanie Beacham

How a failed marriage jolted Stephanie Beacham into Hollywood

Castaway · 28 February 1988Michael Parkinson

Mary Ellis

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Mary Ellis

Mary Ellis on being inspired by Madam Butterfly at age 12

Castaway · 25 December 1982Roy Plomley

Jack Higgins

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Jack Higgins

Jack Higgins on his first job as a messenger boy in the Leeds cleansing department

Castaway · 12 December 1981Roy Plomley

Kiri Te Kanawa

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Kiri Te Kanawa

Kiri Te Kanawa on her dramatic last-minute Metropolitan Opera debut

Castaway · 8 March 1980Roy Plomley

Sir Geoffrey Jackson

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Sir Geoffrey Jackson

Geoffrey Jackson on singing at full blast to survive solitary confinement

Castaway · 8 April 1972Roy Plomley