Manuel de Falla — Composer · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Manuel de Falla — Composer · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Composer

Manuel de Falla

10 episodes

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9

Total castaways

1980s

Peak decade

6

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Castaways who chose this

Andrew Cruickshank
Geraldine James
Hal Prince
Jeremy Hutchinson
John Surman
Leslie Mitchell
Maurice Saatchi
Paco Peña
Rt Hon Michael Portillo MP

Jeremy Hutchinson
Jeremy Hutchinson on singing 'Roll out the barrel' with Lord Mountbatten
Castaway · 20 October 2013Kirsty Young
Geraldine James
How the sound of a brown paper bag helped Geraldine James land a role
Castaway · 30 May 2004Sue Lawley
Rt Hon Michael Portillo MP

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

Michael Portillo on feeling relief when he lost his seat

Castaway · 16 July 2000Sue Lawley

15°49′S 021°27′W

Paco Peña

How a boy's guitar melody in Cordoba inspired Paco Peña

Castaway · 11 April 1999Sue Lawley

Maurice Saatchi

22°20′S 098°49′W

Maurice Saatchi

Maurice Saatchi on being carried off the field after a cricket ball ended his sporting career

Castaway · 24 September 1995Sue Lawley

06°42′S 126°18′W

Hal Prince

Hal Prince on using tin soldiers to stage operas as a child

Castaway · 16 November 1986Michael Parkinson

10°40′S 058°10′W

John Surman

John Surman on choosing the baritone sax because it cost the same as an alto

Castaway · 6 October 1984Roy Plomley

Leslie Mitchell

07°45′S 107°38′W

Leslie Mitchell

How Leslie Mitchell spoke the first words on television

Castaway · 1 June 1974Roy Plomley

Andrew Cruickshank

14°42′S 073°54′W

Andrew Cruickshank

Andrew Cruickshank on realising he was no good as a civil engineer

Castaway · 14 February 1966Roy Plomley

07°54′S 134°14′W

Bob Monkhouse and Denis Goodwin

Bob Monkhouse and Denis Goodwin on both saying snap to the same joke

Castaway · 12 December 1955Roy Plomley