Louiguy — Composer · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Louiguy — Composer · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Composer

Louiguy

8 episodes

Chosen over the decades

8

Total castaways

1980s

Peak decade

5

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Barbara Hulanicki
Baroness Trumpington
Caterina Valente
Leonard Rosoman
Mollie Harris
Nigel Hawthorne
Raymond Gubbay
Sir Frederick Ashton

Barbara Hulanicki
Barbara Hulanicki on never saying goodbye to her father
Castaway · 8 December 2013Kirsty Young
Raymond Gubbay
Raymond Gubbay on the moment his father got him involved in Mozart's Il Seraglio
Castaway · 3 December 2006Kirsty Young

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

Leonard Rosoman

How a fire chief’s order saved Leonard Rosoman from a falling wall

Castaway · 9 June 2002Sue Lawley

Baroness Trumpington

13°26′S 125°43′W

Baroness Trumpington

How the crown jewels could rescue Baroness Trumpington

Castaway · 25 November 1990Sue Lawley

Nigel Hawthorne

08°01′S 108°02′W

Nigel Hawthorne

Nigel Hawthorne on looking at people upside down through his legs

Castaway · 30 November 1986Michael Parkinson

05°09′S 008°43′W

Mollie Harris

Mollie Harris on her mother’s ribbon for a school concert

Castaway · 8 October 1983Roy Plomley

Sir Frederick Ashton

15°38′S 002°40′W

Sir Frederick Ashton

Frederick Ashton on being riveted by Anna Pavlova's performance aged 13

Castaway · 2 May 1981Roy Plomley

Caterina Valente

09°24′S 065°04′W

Caterina Valente

Caterina Valente on learning English by reading The Hound of the Baskervilles six times

Castaway · 2 October 1971Roy Plomley