Mitch Leigh

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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

Mitch Leigh — Composer · desert is.land

Composer

5 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

1970s

Peak decade

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Albert & Michel Roux
How a wise old man's advice led Albert and Michel Roux to pastry
Castaway · 26 October 1986Michael Parkinson
James Clavell
James Clavell on being given a proclamation from King George VI as a returning POW
Castaway · 14 November 1981Roy Plomley
Derek Jacobi

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

Derek Jacobi on portraying old Claudius before young Claudius

Castaway · 10 June 1978Roy Plomley

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John Reed on learning the Nightmare song for his first audition

Castaway · 23 September 1972Roy Plomley

10°02′S 018°45′W

Graham Kerr on causing 17 questions in Parliament

Castaway · 4 December 1971Roy Plomley