Christian Sinding

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Christian Sinding — Composer · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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6 episodes

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1970s

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Castaways who chose this

Arthur Askey
Itzhak Perlman
Kyung-Wha Chung
M M Kaye
Rosina Harrison
Sir John Glubb

M M Kaye
M M Kaye on how one rejection would have ended her writing career
Castaway · 31 December 1983Roy Plomley
Arthur Askey
Arthur Askey on carving his initials on a desk Paul McCartney called a shrine
Castaway · 20 December 1980Roy Plomley

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

Kyung-Wha Chung

Kyung-Wha Chung on being banned from concerts by Jascha Heifetz

Castaway · 29 December 1979Roy Plomley

Itzhak Perlman

21°18′S 094°50′W

Itzhak Perlman

Itzhak Perlman on playing soccer as a goalie on crutches

Castaway · 29 April 1978Roy Plomley

Sir John Glubb

06°45′S 122°45′W

Sir John Glubb

John Glubb on finding his World War I diary after 50 years in a trunk

Castaway · 15 April 1978Roy Plomley

Rosina Harrison

13°55′S 157°22′W

Rosina Harrison

Rosina Harrison on catching a fish she never got to eat

Castaway · 20 March 1976Roy Plomley

M M Kaye

Arthur Askey

Itzhak Perlman

Sir John Glubb

Rosina Harrison