Milton Ager

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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

Milton Ager — Composer · desert is.land

Composer

5 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

1980s

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Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Dr Jonathan Miller
Jonathan Miller on his father asking him at 40 what he wants to be
Castaway · 23 January 2005Sue Lawley
Bob Monkhouse
Bob Monkhouse on his mother attending his wedding in black
Castaway · 20 December 1998Sue Lawley
M M Kaye

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

M M Kaye on how one rejection would have ended her writing career

Castaway · 31 December 1983Roy Plomley

22°15′S 004°13′W

J K Galbraith on interrogating Nazi leaders like Goering and Speer

Castaway · 6 February 1982Roy Plomley

08°12′S 120°48′W

How Earl Hines made his first record in a room full of steam

Castaway · 24 May 1980Roy Plomley