Johann Strauss II — Composer · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Broadcasting since 1942
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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

Johann Strauss II

55 episodes

Chosen over the decades

55

Total castaways

1980s

Peak decade

8

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Brenda Blethyn
Bruce Tulloh
Dame Beryl Grey
David Broome
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Eric Shilling
Frances Perry
Frankie Howerd
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Gloria Swanson
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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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Lord Ashley

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Kaye Webb

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Anton Edelmann

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Reverend David Jenkins

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Fred Dibnah

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Harold Fielding

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Sir Nicholas Henderson

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Terry Wogan

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Alfred Wainwright

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Alfred Wainwright

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Rt. Hon. Douglas Hurd

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Rt. Hon. Douglas Hurd

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Kingsley Amis

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Ved Mehta

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Lord Elwyn-Jones

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Lord Elwyn-Jones

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HRH Princess Michael of Kent

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Arthur English

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James Loughran

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Professor J K Galbraith

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Professor J K Galbraith

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Frankie Howerd

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Alan Jones

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Gloria Swanson

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Rt Hon William Whitelaw

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Eric Shilling

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David Broome

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Ronald Lockley

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Frances Perry

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Peter Shaffer

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Tito Gobbi

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Barry John

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Barbara Pym

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Yehudi Menuhin

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Anthony Powell

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James Galway

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Rosina Harrison

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Rosina Harrison

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Bruce Tulloh

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Professor Sir Alister Hardy FRS

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Margaret Lockwood

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Jean Plaidy

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Johann Strauss II — Composer · desert is.land