Max C. Freedman and James E. Myers

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

Max C. Freedman and James E. Myers — Composer · desert is.land

Composer

3 episodes

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Total castaways

2000s

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Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Stephen Frears
Stephen Frears on sitting in the kitchen with his mother playing cards in the 1940s
Castaway · 18 January 2004Sue Lawley
Robert McCrum
Robert McCrum on crawling downstairs after his stroke
Castaway · 5 March 2000Sue Lawley
Lord Charteris

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

Charteris on being one of four survivors from a lifeboat of twelve

Castaway · 9 September 1990Sue Lawley