Ravi Shankar — Composer · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Ravi Shankar — Composer · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Ravi Shankar

9 episodes

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1990s

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Ann Leslie
Dr Jonathan Miller
Les Murray
Rabbi Hugo Gryn
Russell Brand
Saeed Jaffrey
Salman Rushdie
Satish Kumar
Sir Arthur Bliss

Russell Brand
Russell Brand on bringing crack addicts into the radio studio with him
Castaway · 21 July 2013Kirsty Young
Satish Kumar
How reading about Bertrand Russell inspired Satish Kumar to walk for peace
Castaway · 29 May 2005Sue Lawley

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
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Transmission

Broadcasting since 1942
Long wave 198 kHz
An unofficial archive companion
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Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

Dr Jonathan Miller

Jonathan Miller on his father asking him at 40 what he wants to be

Castaway · 23 January 2005Sue Lawley

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Ann Leslie

Ann Leslie on deciding not to die in hospital for her family's sake

Castaway · 7 November 2004Sue Lawley

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Les Murray

Les Murray on digging depression out of himself with a pen

Castaway · 16 August 1998Sue Lawley

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Saeed Jaffrey

Saeed Jaffrey on his mother's letter after his Broadway debut

Castaway · 20 April 1997Sue Lawley

Rabbi Hugo Gryn

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Rabbi Hugo Gryn

Hugo Gryn on the night terrorists butchered his grandfather's livestock

Castaway · 10 July 1994Sue Lawley

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Salman Rushdie

Salman Rushdie on the triple whammy of being bad at games, good at studies, and foreign

Castaway · 18 September 1988Michael Parkinson

Sir Arthur Bliss

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Sir Arthur Bliss

Arthur Bliss on calling his wife to hammer a nail

Castaway · 29 July 1972Roy Plomley