Henry Purcell — 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

Henry Purcell

57 episodes

Chosen over the decades

57

Total castaways

1980s

Peak decade

8

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Alison Balsom
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Bryan Stevenson
Charles Jencks
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David Dimbleby
David Starkey
Dorothy Byrne
Dr Roy Strong
Earl of Harewood
Elizabeth Esteve-Coll
Elvis Costello
Emma Bridgewater
E P Thompson
Geoffrey Grigson
Gloria Steinem
Harold Evans
Henry Sandon
Imogen Holst
James Dyson
John Osborne
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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

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Peter Mansfield

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Peter Mansfield

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Rt Hon Shirley Williams

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Stephen Poliakoff

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Stephen Poliakoff

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David Starkey

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U A Fanthorpe

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Timothy Spall

Castaway · 22 September 2002Sue Lawley

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Harold Evans

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Michael Holroyd

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Michael Holroyd

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Michael Nyman

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James Dyson

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Judi Dench

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Archie Norman MP

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Archie Norman MP

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Chris Patten

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Elvis Costello

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E P Thompson

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Elizabeth Esteve-Coll

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Elizabeth Esteve-Coll

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John Simpson

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Penelope Lively

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Penelope Lively

Castaway · 17 September 1989Sue Lawley

Miriam Rothschild

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Miriam Rothschild

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Lady Warnock

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Sir Michael Hordern

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Sir Michael Hordern

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Madhur Jaffrey

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Ved Mehta

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Julian Bream

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Geoffrey Grigson

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Geoffrey Grigson

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Sir John Gielgud

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Sir John Gielgud

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Mary O'Hara

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William Trevor

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Sir Oliver Millar

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Sir Oliver Millar

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Yehudi Menuhin

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Robert Dougall

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Philip Jones

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Henry Purcell — Composer · desert is.land