Franz von Suppé

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

Franz von Suppé — Composer · desert is.land

Composer

3 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

1960s

Peak decade

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Eric Sykes
Eric Sykes on crying from homesickness on his first night in the RAF
Castaway · 22 June 1997Sue Lawley
Alan Pegler
Alan Pegler on his decision to buy the Flying Scotsman to save it from extinction
Castaway · 13 January 1969Roy Plomley
Colonel A D Wintle

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 13-day hunger strike led A D Wintle to demand dinner at seven

Castaway · 12 March 1962Roy Plomley