Michael William Balfe

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

Michael William Balfe — Composer · desert is.land

Composer

4 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

1970s

Peak decade

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Anne Enright
Anne Enright on men being personally insulted by her Booker win
Castaway · 26 January 2020Lauren Laverne
Colm Toibin
Colm Toibin on his mother asking if he is happy
Castaway · 3 January 2016Kirsty Young

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

Paddy Moloney on composing on sick bags during long flights

Castaway · 11 July 1999Sue Lawley

14°35′S 050°10′W

Shinwell on the generals who threatened to resign when he arrived at the War Office

Castaway · 20 May 1978Roy Plomley