David Mann

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

David Mann — Composer · desert is.land

Composer

4 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

2000s

Peak decade

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

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Des Lynam
Des Lynam on not recognising his father when he picked him up as a child
Castaway · 19 November 2000Sue Lawley

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

Leonard Slatkin on becoming an English major after his father's death

Castaway · 23 April 2000Sue Lawley

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How a UFO buzzed Buddy Rich's car at 4am

Castaway · 9 May 1981Roy Plomley