Ivor Novello

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Ivor Novello — Composer · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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7 episodes

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1980s

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Brian Johnston
Elisabeth Welch
Margaret Lockwood
Nigel Hawthorne
Raymond Mays
Rosemary Sutcliff
Sir Roy Strong

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Castaway · 18 November 1990Sue Lawley

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

Nigel Hawthorne

Nigel Hawthorne on looking at people upside down through his legs

Castaway · 30 November 1986Michael Parkinson

Rosemary Sutcliff

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Rosemary Sutcliff on her first memory of a caged squirrel

Castaway · 1 October 1983Roy Plomley

Brian Johnston

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How asking about the butter ration in Oxford Street got Brian Johnston into the BBC

Castaway · 16 March 1974Roy Plomley

Raymond Mays

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Raymond Mays

How a South African tour convinced Raymond Mays to build a British Grand Prix car

Castaway · 25 October 1969Roy Plomley

Margaret Lockwood

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Margaret Lockwood

Margaret Lockwood on forgetting her harness flying as Peter Pan

Castaway · 25 April 1951Roy Plomley

Sir Roy Strong

Elisabeth Welch

Rosemary Sutcliff

Brian Johnston

Raymond Mays

Margaret Lockwood