Gavin Sutherland

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

Gavin Sutherland — Composer · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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8 episodes

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1980s

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Castaway · 5 March 2006Sue Lawley

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

Colin Montgomerie

Colin Montgomerie on turning heckling into determination at the Ryder Cup

Castaway · 12 March 2000Sue Lawley

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How Max Hastings walked into Port Stanley ahead of British troops

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Sir Ranulph Fiennes

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Dame Daphne Du Maurier

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Dame Daphne Du Maurier

Daphne Du Maurier on discovering Cornwall in the 1920s

Castaway · 3 September 1977Roy Plomley

Mary Berry

Jack Higgins

Professor Heinz Wolff

Max Hastings

Sir Ranulph Fiennes

Cindy Buxton & Annie Price

Dame Daphne Du Maurier