Cyril Ornadel

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desert is.land

“And if you could take only one…” — a semantic wireless tuned to the Desert Island Discs archive.

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Transmission

Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

Cyril Ornadel — Composer · desert is.land

Composer

4 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

1990s

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Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

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John Mills on knowing at age five that he had to be an actor
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Peggy Mount
Peggy Mount on being told she had a character face
Castaway · 9 June 1996Sue Lawley
David Croft

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

David Croft on how Jimmy Perry got the idea for Dad's Army from the Home Guard at Buckingham Palace

Castaway · 14 March 1993Sue Lawley

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Peter Bull on his mother giving away his teddy bear to a jumble sale

Castaway · 13 August 1983Roy Plomley