Max Bruch — Composer · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Broadcasting since 1942
Long wave 198 kHz
An unofficial archive companion
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Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

desert is.landest. 1942

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Composer

Max Bruch

35 episodes

Chosen over the decades

35

Total castaways

1980s

Peak decade

7

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Ben Helfgott
Bill Bryson
Brian Sewell
Commissioner Catherine Bramwell-Booth
Derek Brown
Erich Segal
Eric Simms
Frederic Raphael
Helen Mirren
Hugh Laurie
Isaac Stern
Jack Rosenthal
James Dyson
Joan Baez
Joanna Lumley
Joseph Rotblat
Kate Adie
Ken Sykora
Mary Ellis
Molly Weir
Morris West
Natalia Makarova
Patricia Ruanne
Quentin Crewe
more

Sir Malcolm Walker
Castaway · 8 January 2023Lauren Laverne
Tony Iveson
Castaway · 2 January 2011Kirsty Young
Stanley McMurtry
Castaway · 23 March 2008Kirsty 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

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Ben Helfgott

Castaway · 1 April 2007Kirsty Young

15°10′S 105°45′W

Raymond Gubbay

Castaway · 3 December 2006Kirsty Young

Frederic Raphael

09°02′S 157°07′W

Frederic Raphael

Castaway · 19 February 2006Sue Lawley

12°13′S 169°50′W

Derek Brown

Castaway · 25 May 2003Sue Lawley

13°21′S 046°52′W

Sir Aaron Klug

Castaway · 12 May 2002Sue Lawley

16°45′S 111°12′W

James Dyson

Castaway · 20 June 1999Sue Lawley

09°56′S 104°01′W

Bill Bryson

Castaway · 31 January 1999Sue Lawley

16°16′S 124°12′W

Joseph Rotblat

Castaway · 8 November 1998Sue Lawley

01°18′S 151°36′W

Ralph Koltai

Castaway · 23 August 1998Sue Lawley

06°18′S 008°03′W

Jack Rosenthal

Castaway · 28 June 1998Sue Lawley

00°13′S 117°57′W

Hugh Laurie

Castaway · 12 May 1996Sue Lawley

01°24′S 024°46′W

Brian Sewell

Castaway · 19 June 1994Sue Lawley

08°07′S 067°26′W

Kate Adie

Castaway · 15 May 1994Sue Lawley

06°58′S 097°00′W

Joan Baez

Castaway · 20 June 1993Sue Lawley

Rt Hon John Smith

08°55′S 029°30′W

Rt Hon John Smith

Castaway · 26 May 1991Sue Lawley

13°32′S 107°44′W

Joanna Lumley

Castaway · 13 September 1987Michael Parkinson

Robin Hanbury-Tenison

22°59′S 134°05′W

Robin Hanbury-Tenison

Castaway · 24 November 1984Roy Plomley

Natalia Makarova

22°56′S 157°03′W

Natalia Makarova

Castaway · 21 July 1984Roy Plomley

12°28′S 028°54′W

Quentin Crewe

Castaway · 21 January 1984Roy Plomley

18°48′S 179°35′W

Topol

Castaway · 15 October 1983Roy Plomley

19°23′S 162°57′W

Sinead Cusack

Castaway · 28 May 1983Roy Plomley

23°11′S 068°13′W

Ruggiero Ricci

Castaway · 9 April 1983Roy Plomley

19°11′S 079°16′W

Mary Ellis

Castaway · 25 December 1982Roy Plomley

19°06′S 120°31′W

Helen Mirren

Castaway · 27 November 1982Roy Plomley

10°25′S 061°32′W

Morris West

Castaway · 27 June 1981Roy Plomley

Patricia Ruanne

19°16′S 147°08′W

Patricia Ruanne

Castaway · 28 March 1981Roy Plomley

23°10′S 094°24′W

Erich Segal

Castaway · 19 April 1980Roy Plomley

Commissioner Catherine Bramwell-Booth

01°29′S 076°08′W

Commissioner Catherine Bramwell-Booth

Castaway · 5 April 1980Roy Plomley

20°00′S 071°16′W

Molly Weir

Castaway · 8 October 1977Roy Plomley

11°13′S 150°09′W

Eric Simms

Castaway · 5 June 1976Roy Plomley

14°40′S 163°13′W

Isaac Stern

Castaway · 8 January 1972Roy Plomley

02°25′S 140°58′W

Ken Sykora

Castaway · 22 January 1962Roy Plomley

Max Bruch — Composer · desert is.land