Johnny Mercer

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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

Transmission

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

Johnny Mercer — Composer · desert is.land

Composer

5 episodes

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Total castaways

1970s

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Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

James Stewart
James Stewart on being told to leave engineering because of his maths
Castaway · 17 December 1983Roy Plomley
Brian Aldiss
Brian Aldiss on competing to tell stories after lights out in the dormitory
Castaway · 17 April 1982Roy 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

Colin Wilson on sleeping out on Hampstead Heath while writing The Outsider

Castaway · 21 October 1978Roy Plomley

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James Stewart on his disastrous debut as an accordion player

Castaway · 25 May 1974Roy Plomley

11°35′S 058°17′W

How the musical Breakfast at Tiffany's flopped disastrously for Richard Chamberlain

Castaway · 14 March 1970Roy Plomley