Nina Simone

Tuning in…

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

Nina Simone — Composer · desert is.land

Composer

3 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

2010s

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Castaways who chose this

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How James Rebanks' dad told him to stop being a pain in the ass and go to Oxford
Castaway · 20 January 2019Lauren Laverne
Jackie Kay
Jackie Kay on her birth father singing and dancing around her
Castaway · 23 October 2016Kirsty Young
Sir Ian McKellen

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

Ian McKellen on how coming out improved his acting

Castaway · 9 February 2003Sue Lawley