Hans Zimmer

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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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Transmission

Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

Hans Zimmer — Composer · desert is.land

Composer

5 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

2010s

Peak decade

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Helen Macdonald
Helen Macdonald on the albatross that made the world new
Castaway · 5 December 2021Lauren Laverne
Sue Biggs
Sue Biggs on receiving a packet of seeds for her seventh birthday
Castaway · 7 July 2019Lauren Laverne
Christopher Nolan

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

Christopher Nolan on seeing 2001: A Space Odyssey on an enormous screen as a child

Castaway · 18 February 2018Kirsty Young

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How a chess game at age 11 made Demis Hassabis ask if we're wasting our minds

Castaway · 21 May 2017Kirsty Young

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Sarah Millican on waking up to a blood-soaked bed because her shoes were too tight

Castaway · 14 December 2014Kirsty Young