Charles Dumont — 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

Charles Dumont

23 episodes

Chosen over the decades

22

Total castaways

1980s

Peak decade

6

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Arthur Scargill
Brian Glover
Christina Dodwell
Dame Joan Plowright
David Frost
David Scott Blackhall
Dr Catherine Gavin
Edna O'Brien
Frances Edmonds
Jeremy Lloyd
Lew Grade
Martin Evans
Oliver Postgate
Peter O'Sullevan
Peter West
Professor George Steiner
Ralph Koltai
Roger Vadim
Rt Hon Ed Miliband
Sir John Sulston
Tim Severin
Yoko Ono

Rt Hon Ed Miliband
Castaway · 24 November 2013Kirsty Young
Martin Evans
Castaway · 17 February 2008Kirsty Young
Oliver Postgate

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

Castaway · 15 July 2007

11°50′S 126°51′W

Yoko Ono

Castaway · 10 June 2007Kirsty Young

17°29′S 088°29′W

Edna O'Brien

Castaway · 14 January 2007Kirsty Young

Dame Joan Plowright

10°09′S 068°18′W

Dame Joan Plowright

Castaway · 27 August 2006Sue Lawley

Sir John Sulston

23°51′S 153°03′W

Sir John Sulston

Castaway · 13 May 2001Sue Lawley

01°18′S 151°36′W

Ralph Koltai

Castaway · 23 August 1998Sue Lawley

Peter O'Sullevan

21°59′S 044°28′W

Peter O'Sullevan

Castaway · 28 September 1997Sue Lawley

Professor George Steiner

04°14′S 105°54′W

Professor George Steiner

Castaway · 18 February 1996Sue Lawley

Christina Dodwell

07°12′S 158°40′W

Christina Dodwell

Castaway · 6 March 1994Sue Lawley

Arthur Scargill

09°50′S 003°31′W

Arthur Scargill

Castaway · 10 April 1988Michael Parkinson

18°29′S 005°26′W

Lew Grade

Castaway · 13 December 1987Michael Parkinson

00°53′S 115°52′W

Peter West

Castaway · 20 September 1987Michael Parkinson

Frances Edmonds

06°49′S 063°04′W

Frances Edmonds

Castaway · 9 August 1987Michael Parkinson

16°26′S 031°15′W

Jeremy Lloyd

Castaway · 18 January 1987Michael Parkinson

15°44′S 152°42′W

Albert & Michel Roux

Castaway · 26 October 1986Michael Parkinson

01°30′S 069°00′W

Roger Vadim

Castaway · 27 July 1986Michael Parkinson

02°54′S 123°56′W

Tim Severin

Castaway · 29 January 1983Roy Plomley

20°28′S 039°41′W

Brian Glover

Castaway · 18 October 1980Roy Plomley

David Scott Blackhall

18°14′S 042°07′W

David Scott Blackhall

Castaway · 26 July 1980Roy Plomley

Dr Catherine Gavin

13°03′S 165°55′W

Dr Catherine Gavin

Castaway · 24 June 1978Roy Plomley

04°27′S 166°39′W

David Frost

Castaway · 15 April 1963Roy Plomley

Charles Dumont — Composer · desert is.land