Shaun Davey

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

Shaun Davey — Composer · desert is.land

Composer

3 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

2000s

Peak decade

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Sir Trevor Nunn
Trevor Nunn on the fragment about Grizabella that inspired the song Memory
Castaway · 26 January 2003Sue Lawley
Adrian Noble
Adrian Noble on the funeral hymns that were the sound of his childhood
Castaway · 26 March 2000Sue Lawley
Tim Severin

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

Tim Severin on the bump in the night when his ship hit something

Castaway · 29 January 1983Roy Plomley