Luiz Bonfá

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

Composer

3 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

1990s

Peak decade

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

David Hempleman Adams
David Hempleman Adams on using a Margaret Thatcher book as toilet paper
Castaway · 9 August 1998Sue Lawley
Jools Holland
Jools Holland on playing piano in pubs for £7.50 a night
Castaway · 5 October 1997Sue Lawley

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

Robert Powell on keeping his eyes open without blinking

Castaway · 6 January 1979Roy Plomley

Luiz Bonfá — Composer · desert is.land