Felix Mendelssohn — Composer · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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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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Broadcasting since 1942
Long wave 198 kHz
An unofficial archive companion
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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

Felix Mendelssohn

79 episodes

Chosen over the decades

78

Total castaways

1970s

Peak decade

7

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Angela Rippon
Anne-Sophie Mutter
Antal Dorati
Anthony Dowell
Anthony Quayle
Benno Moiseiwitsch
Berthold Goldschmidt
Chad Varah
Christabel Bielenberg
Christopher Milne
Claire Rayner
Commissioner Catherine Bramwell-Booth
Dame Fanny Waterman
Dame Moura Lympany
Dame Sibyl Hathaway
Daniel Barenboim
David Hope
Dorothy Edwards
Douglas Reeman
Dr Jane Goodall
Edith Coates
Edward Heath
Fiona Reynolds
Gavin Laird
more

Professor Carlos Frenk
Castaway · 10 June 2018Kirsty Young
Jilly Cooper
Castaway · 31 July 2016Kirsty Young
Dame Fanny Waterman

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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

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Sir Richard Sykes

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Helen Bamber

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John Keegan

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Berthold Goldschmidt

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Rosemary Verey

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Christabel Bielenberg

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Gavin Laird

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Chad Varah

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Raymond Blanc

Castaway · 20 September 1992Sue Lawley

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Lord Charteris

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Peter Jonas

Castaway · 8 July 1990Sue Lawley

Joan Armatrading

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Joan Armatrading

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Edward Heath

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Lord Armstrong

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Sir Ian MacGregor

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Sir Ian MacGregor

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Selina Scott

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Jorge Bolet

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Jan Morris

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Neville Marriner

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Timothy West

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Peter Shaffer

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Dame Moura Lympany

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Norris McWhirter

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Patricia Batty Shaw

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Patricia Batty Shaw

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Felix Mendelssohn — Composer · desert is.land