Eric Idle

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

Eric Idle — Composer · desert is.land

Composer

3 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

2000s

Peak decade

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

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Cath Kidston on turning a laurel bush into a shop as a child
Castaway · 24 April 2011Kirsty Young
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Piers Morgan on walking barefoot on Miami Beach with Rupert Murdoch
Castaway · 7 June 2009Kirsty Young
Sanjeev Bhaskar

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 coin toss led to Sanjeev Bhaskar's big break

Castaway · 12 October 2008Kirsty Young