Ivan Larionov — Composer · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

Find a castaway Most requested Browse the archive About Report a fault

Tuning in…

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

Ivan Larionov — Composer · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

Find a castaway Most requested Browse the archive About Report a fault

Composer

Ivan Larionov

5 episodes

Chosen over the decades

5

Total castaways

1980s

Peak decade

4

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Henry Marsh
John Arlott
Natalie Wood
Nicolai Poliakoff
William Davis

Henry Marsh
How a nightmarish hospital dash taught Henry Marsh to ask for help
Castaway · 23 September 2018Kirsty Young
William Davis
William Davis on seeing death and destruction at age ten in wartime Germany
Castaway · 14 February 1988Michael Parkinson

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

Natalie Wood on being renamed from Natalia Nikolaevna Zaharinko at age five

Castaway · 10 May 1980Roy Plomley

00°53′S 097°26′W

John Arlott

How knowing how to pronounce Indian names launched John Arlott's commentary career

Castaway · 17 May 1975Roy 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