Mai Jones

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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

Mai Jones — Composer · desert is.land

Composer

4 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

1980s

Peak decade

Decade seen

Castaways who chose this

Lord Roy Jenkins
Roy Jenkins on teaching himself to be a writer
Castaway · 16 April 1989Sue Lawley
David Owen
David Owen on accidentally winning a seat he didn't expect to win
Castaway · 3 July 1988Michael Parkinson
Rt. Hon. Michael Heseltine

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

How a broken pair led Michael Heseltine to seize the mace

Castaway · 17 January 1988Michael Parkinson

07°13′S 045°07′W

George Thomas on his mother's resolve that he would not go down the pit

Castaway · 30 October 1982Roy Plomley