Sergei Prokofiev — Composer · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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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

Sergei Prokofiev

58 episodes

Chosen over the decades

57

Total castaways

1980s

Peak decade

7

Decades seen

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Charles Aznavour
Clare Francis
C P Snow
Dame Harriet Walter
Darcey Bussell
Denise Robertson
Desmond Morris
Dr Max Perutz
Egon Ronay
Gillian Lynne
John Lill
John Piper
Joseph Szigeti
Judith Kerr
Julia Cleverdon
Julian Critchley
Julie Andrews
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Professor Dame Carol Robinson
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Professor Carl Jones
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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

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Sergei Prokofiev — Composer · desert is.land