Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov — Composer · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov — Composer · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Composer

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

12 episodes

Chosen over the decades

12

Total castaways

1970s

Peak decade

6

Decades seen

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Bing Crosby
Boris Christoff
Camila Batmanghelidjh
Clive Jenkins
Dilys Powell
Liberace
Liz Smith
Professor Jim Al-Khalili
Raja Shehadeh
Reginald Foort
Richard Walker
Terry Wogan

Raja Shehadeh
Raja Shehadeh on the military governor calling his father to warn him about his activism
Castaway · 15 June 2014Kirsty Young
Professor Jim Al-Khalili
How a 4,000-volt near-miss sent Jim Al-Khalili from the lab to theory
Castaway · 14 February 2010Kirsty 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

Liz Smith

Liz Smith on waiting by the window with a gramophone for her father's letter

Castaway · 9 March 2008Kirsty Young

Camila Batmanghelidjh

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Camila Batmanghelidjh

How a 13-year-old drug runner brought his younger siblings to Camila Batmanghelidjh

Castaway · 22 October 2006Kirsty Young

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Dilys Powell

Dilys Powell on being banned by MGM for criticising Gone with the Wind

Castaway · 24 November 1991Sue Lawley

08°28′S 065°17′W

Clive Jenkins

Clive Jenkins on the world's first Fairy Penguins Crossing sign

Castaway · 14 October 1990Sue Lawley

08°03′S 153°49′W

Terry Wogan

Terry Wogan on his most awkward interview with Jerry Lee Lewis

Castaway · 21 May 1983Roy Plomley

Boris Christoff

19°24′S 140°22′W

Boris Christoff

Boris Christoff on being mistaken for dead by his singing teacher

Castaway · 18 August 1979Roy Plomley

00°02′S 090°43′W

Bing Crosby

Bing Crosby on quitting law school to play in a band at a Chinese restaurant

Castaway · 27 December 1975Roy Plomley

05°50′S 149°23′W

Richard Walker

Richard Walker on starting fishing at the age of four with his grandfather

Castaway · 6 July 1974Roy Plomley

09°47′S 089°33′W

Reginald Foort

Castaway · 8 May 1971Roy Plomley

14°09′S 041°05′W

Liberace

Liberace on his fear of bugs at outdoor concerts

Castaway · 23 May 1960Roy Plomley