Cristóbal de Morales

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

Cristóbal de Morales — Composer · desert is.land

Composer

4 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

2000s

Peak decade

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Heather Rabbatts
Heather Rabbatts on being called monkey and half breed at school
Castaway · 24 July 2011Kirsty Young
JP Donleavy
JP Donleavy on Brendan Behan breaking into his cottage to read The Ginger Man
Castaway · 4 March 2007Kirsty Young
Raymond Briggs

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

How a shaken duster brought Raymond Briggs's parents together

Castaway · 20 March 2005Sue Lawley

00°21′S 087°36′W

Al Alvarez on ducking out when Sylvia Plath begged him to stay

Castaway · 19 March 2000Sue Lawley