Giacomo Puccini — 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

Giacomo Puccini

217 episodes

Chosen over the decades

217

Total castaways

1990s

Peak decade

8

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Abi Morgan
AC Grayling
Agnes Nicholls
Alan Yentob
Albie Sachs
Alfredo Campoli
Alice Delysia
Alison Steadman
Andrea Newman
Angela Hartnett
Anna Moffo
Anne-Marie Duff
Anne Scott James
Anthony Dowell
Anthony Minghella
Antonio Pappano
Bamber Gascoigne
Barbara Pym
Barbara Taylor Bradford
Baz Luhrmann
Ben Helfgott
Bernard Levin
Beryl Vertue
Bruno Tonioli
more

Geoffrey Parsons
Geoffrey Parsons on his childhood Saturday mornings of music lessons and clean sheets
Castaway · 20 May 1972Roy Plomley
Alice Delysia
Alice Delysia on the scandalous costume that got her in trouble with the censor
Castaway · 12 February 1972Roy Plomley

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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

Joan Hammond on her wig getting stuck on a cherry tree branch on stage

Castaway · 25 July 1970Roy Plomley

20°37′S 084°41′W

Gina Cigna

Gina Cigna on the bus crash that ended her singing career

Castaway · 2 May 1970Roy Plomley

19°44′S 025°42′W

Vincent Price

Vincent Price on his walk-on role as a policeman in the play Chicago

Castaway · 14 July 1969Roy Plomley

13°48′S 078°30′W

Nicolai Gedda

Nicolai Gedda on being engaged on the spot after an audition

Castaway · 12 May 1969Roy Plomley

Dame Maggie Teyte

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Dame Maggie Teyte

Maggie Teyte on being told she was forgotten in America

Castaway · 15 April 1968Roy Plomley

Dame Margot Fonteyn

06°51′S 171°13′W

Dame Margot Fonteyn

Margot Fonteyn on seeing her first ballet at the Camargo Society aged 12

Castaway · 12 April 1965Roy Plomley

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Frank Phillips

Frank Phillips on reading the morning news in his pajamas

Castaway · 23 November 1964Roy Plomley

Nicolai Poliakoff

18°12′S 049°51′W

Nicolai Poliakoff

Nicolai Poliakoff on his four-week visit to England that never ended

Castaway · 23 December 1963Roy Plomley

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Godfrey Talbot

How a tank cut Godfrey Talbot's cable during a desert broadcast

Castaway · 29 August 1960Roy Plomley

14°09′S 041°05′W

Liberace

Liberace on his fear of bugs at outdoor concerts

Castaway · 23 May 1960Roy Plomley

18°47′S 006°33′W

Léon Goossens

Léon Goossens on getting a bullet on the fifth of November 1918

Castaway · 15 February 1960Roy Plomley

02°52′S 149°57′W

Agnes Nicholls

Agnes Nicholls on singing before Queen Victoria at her Diamond Jubilee

Castaway · 19 May 1958Roy Plomley

Sir Thomas Beecham

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Sir Thomas Beecham

Thomas Beecham on his failed attempts to get himself into jail

Castaway · 23 December 1957Roy Plomley

Alfredo Campoli

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Alfredo Campoli

Alfredo Campoli on performing 100 concerts for wounded soldiers at age nine

Castaway · 21 August 1953Roy Plomley

Kirsten Flagstad

02°30′S 073°18′W

Kirsten Flagstad

Kirsten Flagstad on using her reading spectacles as a burning glass

Castaway · 29 April 1952Roy Plomley