John Ireland

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 Ireland — Composer · desert is.land

Composer

4 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

1990s

Peak decade

Decades seen

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Sir John Wilson

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 Wilson on a tree as a white column of sound

Castaway · 8 May 1994Sue Lawley

09°14′S 117°59′W

Julie Andrews on losing the film role of Eliza Doolittle to Audrey Hepburn

Castaway · 18 October 1992Sue Lawley