Samuel Barber — Composer · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Broadcasting since 1942
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Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

desert is.landest. 1942

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Composer

Samuel Barber

20 episodes

Chosen over the decades

20

Total castaways

1980s

Peak decade

6

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Bob Hoskins
Bob Monkhouse
Brian Moore
Claire Horton
Dame Vera Lynn
Dara Ó Briain
David Almond
Don McCullin
Gian Carlo Menotti
Graham Nash
Helene Hanff
John Reed
Lady Natasha Spender
Lyall Watson
Professor George Steiner
Robert Fisk
Rt Hon Tony Blair MP
Sara Khan
Sir Anthony Seldon
Sir Ian McKellen

Graham Nash
Castaway · 7 January 2024Lauren Laverne
Dara Ó Briain
Castaway · 26 March 2023Lauren Laverne
Claire Horton
Castaway · 28 February 2021

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

·Lauren Laverne

08°07′S 019°47′W

Sara Khan

Castaway · 26 June 2016Kirsty Young

Sir Anthony Seldon

16°13′S 162°11′W

Sir Anthony Seldon

Castaway · 17 January 2016Kirsty Young

05°35′S 152°14′W

David Almond

Castaway · 10 March 2013Kirsty Young

11°00′S 142°52′W

Brian Moore

Castaway · 26 February 2012Kirsty Young

Lady Natasha Spender

06°08′S 079°21′W

Lady Natasha Spender

Castaway · 7 January 2007Kirsty Young

01°07′S 041°54′W

Robert Fisk

Castaway · 15 October 2006Kirsty Young

Sir Ian McKellen

19°00′S 131°38′W

Sir Ian McKellen

Castaway · 9 February 2003Sue Lawley

22°12′S 072°24′W

Bob Monkhouse

Castaway · 20 December 1998Sue Lawley

Rt Hon Tony Blair MP

18°14′S 012°44′W

Rt Hon Tony Blair MP

Castaway · 24 November 1996Sue Lawley

Professor George Steiner

04°14′S 105°54′W

Professor George Steiner

Castaway · 18 February 1996Sue Lawley

09°58′S 127°47′W

Dame Vera Lynn

Castaway · 3 September 1989Sue Lawley

13°43′S 107°11′W

Bob Hoskins

Castaway · 13 November 1988Michael Parkinson

04°16′S 128°45′W

Don McCullin

Castaway · 10 March 1984Roy Plomley

18°11′S 030°46′W

Lyall Watson

Castaway · 24 July 1982Roy Plomley

07°17′S 031°37′W

Helene Hanff

Castaway · 19 December 1981Roy Plomley

Gian Carlo Menotti

00°33′S 167°20′W

Gian Carlo Menotti

Castaway · 2 September 1978Roy Plomley

03°45′S 119°41′W

John Reed

Castaway · 23 September 1972Roy Plomley

Samuel Barber — Composer · desert is.land