Michael William Balfe — Composer · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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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

Michael William Balfe

4 episodes

Chosen over the decades

4

Total castaways

1970s

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4

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Colm Toibin
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Rt. Hon. Lord Shinwell

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Castaway · 26 January 2020Lauren Laverne
Colm Toibin
Castaway · 3 January 2016Kirsty Young
Paddy Moloney

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 · 11 July 1999

Rt. Hon. Lord Shinwell

14°35′S 050°10′W

Rt. Hon. Lord Shinwell

Castaway · 20 May 1978Roy Plomley

Michael William Balfe — Composer · desert is.land