Heitor Villa-Lobos — Composer · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Heitor Villa-Lobos — Composer · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Composer

Heitor Villa-Lobos

13 episodes

Chosen over the decades

13

Total castaways

1980s

Peak decade

6

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Amanda Levete
Angela Rippon
Anita Roddick
Benno Moiseiwitsch
Blanche Marvin
Brian Keenan
Captain Jacques Cousteau
Dame Monica Mason
Julian Bream
Professor Ghillean Prance
Robin Hanbury-Tenison
Sir Geoffrey Jackson
Zandra Rhodes

Amanda Levete
Castaway · 19 March 2017Kirsty Young
Blanche Marvin
Castaway · 16 November 2012Kirsty Young
Dame Monica Mason
Castaway · 8 January 2012

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

Professor Ghillean Prance

07°32′S 110°46′W

Professor Ghillean Prance

Castaway · 13 December 1992Sue Lawley

15°45′S 107°27′W

Brian Keenan

Castaway · 23 December 1990Sue Lawley

19°24′S 095°11′W

Anita Roddick

Castaway · 22 May 1988Michael Parkinson

Robin Hanbury-Tenison

22°59′S 134°05′W

Robin Hanbury-Tenison

Castaway · 24 November 1984Roy Plomley

00°35′S 140°12′W

Zandra Rhodes

Castaway · 12 February 1983Roy Plomley

Captain Jacques Cousteau

05°15′S 057°06′W

Captain Jacques Cousteau

Castaway · 10 July 1982Roy Plomley

11°55′S 175°05′W

Angela Rippon

Castaway · 16 January 1982Roy Plomley

Sir Geoffrey Jackson

06°01′S 030°48′W

Sir Geoffrey Jackson

Castaway · 8 April 1972Roy Plomley

17°35′S 114°00′W

Julian Bream

Castaway · 5 June 1961Roy Plomley

Benno Moiseiwitsch

09°12′S 169°08′W

Benno Moiseiwitsch

Castaway · 27 October 1958Roy Plomley