Nacio Herb Brown — Composer · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Nacio Herb Brown — Composer · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Nacio Herb Brown

10 episodes

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10

Total castaways

1970s

Peak decade

4

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Christopher Fry
Dinsdale Landen
George Martin
Len Goodman
Margaret Kelly - Miss Bluebell
Michael Crawford
Richard Eyre
Sandi Toksvig
Sir Anthony Dowell

Sandi Toksvig
Sandi Toksvig on conducting an imaginary orchestra before her stand-up gigs
Castaway · 29 November 2015Kirsty Young
Len Goodman
Len Goodman on his childhood Saturday night sing-songs by the fireplace
Castaway · 19 June 2011Kirsty Young

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

Michael Crawford

Michael Crawford on his first laugh with 'I took eight pairs of socks'

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Sir Anthony Dowell

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Sir Anthony Dowell

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Richard Eyre

Richard Eyre on the mirror moment that convinced him to stop acting

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George Martin

George Martin on ignoring Tommy Steele to sign the Vipers

Castaway · 31 July 1982Roy Plomley

Dinsdale Landen

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Dinsdale Landen

Dinsdale Landen on seeing Paul Schofield play Alexander the Great

Castaway · 16 December 1978Roy Plomley

Christopher Fry

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Christopher Fry

Christopher Fry on taking letters to the post at midnight

Castaway · 7 October 1978Roy Plomley

Michael Crawford

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Michael Crawford

Michael Crawford on the first frontal nudity in Lambeth Town Hall

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