Edward Elgar — 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

Edward Elgar

214 episodes

Chosen over the decades

214

Total castaways

1980s

Peak decade

8

Decades seen

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75 Years of Desert Island Discs
Agnes Nicholls
Alan Keith
Alan Parker
Alec Clifton-Taylor
Alec McCowen
Alec Robertson
A L Rowse
Alvar Lidell
Andrew Cruickshank
Andrew Davis
Andrew Neil
Ann Leslie
Anthony Andrews
Anthony Dowell
Anthony Grey
Antony Hopkins
Antony Sher
A N Wilson
Arnold Ridley
Arthur C Clarke
Barbara Windsor
Ben Helfgott
Benjamin Luxon
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Neville Marriner
Castaway · 13 December 1980Roy Plomley
Tom Conti
Castaway · 22 November 1980Roy Plomley
Jacquetta Hawkes

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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 November 1980

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Rod Hull

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Oliver Ford

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Eric Idle

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Penelope Keith

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George Guest

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Philip Larkin

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Philip Jones

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John Laurie

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Sir William Gladstone

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Sir William Gladstone

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Stanley Holloway

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Stanley Holloway

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Anthony Dowell

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Leslie Mitchell

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Leslie Mitchell

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Brian Johnston

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John Mills

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Arnold Ridley

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Edward Robey

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Joseph Cooper

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Alec Robertson

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Alan Keith

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Joan Hammond

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Isidore Godfrey

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Anthony Grey

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Alvar Lidell

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