Meredith Willson — Composer · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Long wave 198 kHz
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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

Meredith Willson

4 episodes

Chosen over the decades

4

Total castaways

1980s

Peak decade

2

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Dame Vera Lynn
Leonard Rossiter
Sian Phillips
Willie Rushton

Sian Phillips
Castaway · 25 May 1997Sue Lawley
Dame Vera Lynn
Castaway · 3 September 1989Sue Lawley
Willie Rushton

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

Castaway · 18 August 1984

Leonard Rossiter

14°08′S 068°00′W

Leonard Rossiter

Castaway · 12 April 1980Roy Plomley

Meredith Willson — Composer · desert is.land