Meredith Willson

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

Meredith Willson — Composer · desert is.land

Composer

4 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

1980s

Peak decade

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Sian Phillips
Sian Phillips on seeing her first pantomime with her grandmother
Castaway · 25 May 1997Sue Lawley
Dame Vera Lynn
Vera Lynn on the Dutchman who hid in a hay rick to hear her banned broadcasts
Castaway · 3 September 1989Sue Lawley

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

Willie Rushton on writing 'vile' in a biology exam

Castaway · 18 August 1984Roy Plomley

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How a drunk interrupted Leonard Rossiter's first live television play

Castaway · 12 April 1980Roy Plomley