Sir Arthur Bliss

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Sir Arthur Bliss — Composer · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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6 episodes

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1970s

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Dame Ninette De Valois
Phyllis Sellick
Richard Gregory
Sir Adrian Boult
Sir Arthur Bliss
Vernon Handley

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Castaway · 4 April 1993Sue 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
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

Dame Ninette De Valois

Ninette de Valois on the moment Margot Fonteyn stood out like a diamond

Castaway · 17 February 1991Sue Lawley

Vernon Handley

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Vernon Handley

Vernon Handley on how his walk earned him the nickname Todd

Castaway · 10 November 1984Roy Plomley

Sir Adrian Boult

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Sir Adrian Boult

Castaway · 7 April 1979Roy Plomley

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

Phyllis Sellick

Richard Gregory

Vernon Handley

Sir Adrian Boult

Sir Arthur Bliss