John Bacchus Dykes

Tuning in…

desert is.land

“And if you could take only one…” — a semantic wireless tuned to the Desert Island Discs archive.

The listing

Transmission

Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

John Bacchus Dykes — Composer · desert is.land

Composer

4 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

1980s

Peak decade

Decade seen

Castaways who chose this

Rosemary Sutcliff
Rosemary Sutcliff on her first memory of a caged squirrel
Castaway · 1 October 1983Roy Plomley
A N Wilson
A N Wilson on his childhood ambition to be an Australian Aborigine
Castaway · 30 April 1983Roy Plomley

desert is.land

“And if you could take only one…” — a semantic wireless tuned to the Desert Island Discs archive.

The listing

Transmission

Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

Duchess of Devonshire on never wanting to see another firework

Castaway · 28 August 1982Roy Plomley

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James Clavell on being given a proclamation from King George VI as a returning POW

Castaway · 14 November 1981Roy Plomley