Sigmund Romberg

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

Sigmund Romberg — Composer · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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6 episodes

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1980s

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Castaways who chose this

Barbara Woodhouse
Kenneth Macmillan
Michael Crawford
Robert Plant
Sir Norman Wisdom
Yoko Ono

Robert Plant
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Yoko Ono
Yoko Ono on not recognising John Lennon when they first met
Castaway · 10 June 2007Kirsty Young

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

Sir Norman Wisdom

Norman Wisdom on falling into vases at Windsor Castle

Castaway · 6 August 2000Sue Lawley

Kenneth Macmillan

14°10′S 041°49′W

Kenneth Macmillan

How a schoolboy letter helped Kenneth Macmillan get into ballet school

Castaway · 5 March 1983Roy Plomley

Barbara Woodhouse

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Barbara Woodhouse

Barbara Woodhouse on riding her cows after they stopped giving milk

Castaway · 28 June 1980Roy Plomley

Michael Crawford

18°49′S 115°57′W

Michael Crawford

Michael Crawford on the first frontal nudity in Lambeth Town Hall

Castaway · 3 July 1971Roy Plomley

Robert Plant

Yoko Ono

Kenneth Macmillan

Barbara Woodhouse

Michael Crawford