Carl Davis

Tuning in…

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

Composer

3 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

1980s

Peak decade

Decades seen

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Carl Davis

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

Carl Davis on replacing pianists too frightened to play for Robert Shaw

Castaway · 21 August 1982Roy Plomley

Carl Davis — Composer · desert is.land