Mikis Theodorakis — Composer · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Mikis Theodorakis — Composer · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Composer

Mikis Theodorakis

12 episodes

Chosen over the decades

12

Total castaways

1970s

Peak decade

5

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Anya Hindmarch
Barbara Pym
Claudia Roden
Dame Donna Langley
Frederic Raphael
John Reed
Julian Critchley
Lt-Colonel John Blashford-Snell
Nemone Lethbridge
Professor Raymond Tallis
Susannah York

Nemone Lethbridge
Nemone Lethbridge on visiting the Führerbunker with her father
Castaway · 2 February 2025Lauren Laverne
Dame Donna Langley
Donna Langley on bringing a basket of snacks to read the Oppenheimer script
Castaway · 15 October 2023Lauren Laverne
Anya Hindmarch

desert is.land

“And if you could take only one…” — a semantic wireless tuned to the Desert Island Discs archive.

The listing

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Most requested
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Broadcasting since 1942
Long wave 198 kHz
An unofficial archive companion
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Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

Anya Hindmarch on Margaret Thatcher clutching one of her handbags

Castaway · 30 December 2012Kirsty Young

Professor Raymond Tallis

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Professor Raymond Tallis

Raymond Tallis on his father asking why treat old people since everyone dies

Castaway · 25 March 2007Kirsty Young

Frederic Raphael

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Frederic Raphael

Frederic Raphael on his father's secret lover

Castaway · 19 February 2006Sue Lawley

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Claudia Roden

Claudia Roden on the smell of cumin and coriander that still elates her

Castaway · 29 July 2001Sue Lawley

Julian Critchley

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Julian Critchley

Julian Critchley on being summoned by the chief whip for modelling a suit

Castaway · 12 April 1987Michael Parkinson

Frederic Raphael

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Frederic Raphael

Frederic Raphael on having to explain why a character is named Martha not Georgina

Castaway · 21 February 1981Roy Plomley

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Susannah York

Susannah York on getting her first laugh in a school play aged nine

Castaway · 1 March 1980Roy Plomley

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Barbara Pym

Barbara Pym on 16 years of publisher rejection

Castaway · 29 July 1978Roy Plomley

Lt-Colonel John Blashford-Snell

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Lt-Colonel John Blashford-Snell

John Blashford-Snell on forming a private army at 14 to defend Herefordshire

Castaway · 30 October 1976Roy Plomley

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John Reed

John Reed on learning the Nightmare song for his first audition

Castaway · 23 September 1972Roy Plomley