Pete Atkin

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

Pete Atkin — Composer · desert is.land

Composer

3 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

1980s

Peak decade

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Clive James
How living in a basement stopped Clive James from jumping
Castaway · 11 June 2000Sue Lawley
Iain Banks
Iain Banks on building bombs from sodium chlorate and sugar
Castaway · 24 August 1997Sue Lawley
Clive James

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

Clive James on losing his only letter of introduction and ten pounds in London

Castaway · 14 June 1980Roy Plomley