Manos Hatzidakis — Composer · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Manos Hatzidakis — Composer · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Composer

Manos Hatzidakis

6 episodes

Chosen over the decades

6

Total castaways

1970s

Peak decade

3

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

C Northcote Parkinson
Elia Kazan
Emlyn Williams
Nyree Dawn Porter
Ruth Padel
Sir Ian Trethowan

Ruth Padel
Ruth Padel on the moment she chose to retreat from a tigress in Russia
Castaway · 11 January 2009Kirsty Young
Sir Ian Trethowan
Ian Trethowan on being told he was not a star by BBC Television boss Hugh Weldon
Castaway · 4 March 1990Sue Lawley

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

C Northcote Parkinson

C. Northcote Parkinson on being too busy writing books to play discs

Castaway · 14 July 1979Roy Plomley

10°53′S 127°58′W

Elia Kazan

How seeing Eisenstein's films gave Elia Kazan his first goal

Castaway · 20 January 1979Roy Plomley

02°45′S 070°11′W

Emlyn Williams

How a biography of Charles Dickens led Emlyn Williams to create a one-man show

Castaway · 15 February 1975Roy Plomley

Nyree Dawn Porter

18°18′S 102°57′W

Nyree Dawn Porter

Nyree Dawn Porter on changing the spelling of her Maori name from Ngaire

Castaway · 28 March 1970Roy Plomley