Sir Michael Tippett — Composer · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Sir Michael Tippett — Composer · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Composer

Sir Michael Tippett

15 episodes

Chosen over the decades

15

Total castaways

1980s

Peak decade

5

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Anthony Horowitz
Antony Hopkins
Christopher Fry
David Lloyd Jones
Gillian Lynne
Glenda Jackson MP
Helen Bamber
Professor George Steiner
Richard Armstrong
Robert Tear
Sir John Pritchard
Sir John Tooley
Sir Michael Tippett
Sir Nicholas Goodison
Sir Peter Hall

Anthony Horowitz
Anthony Horowitz on discovering writing as an escape from a cold boarding school
Castaway · 31 December 2006Kirsty Young
Helen Bamber
Helen Bamber on finding survivors clinging to her at Belsen
Castaway · 2 May 1999Sue 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

Glenda Jackson MP

Glenda Jackson on polishing her Oscar to find base metal underneath

Castaway · 28 December 1997Sue Lawley

Professor George Steiner

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Professor George Steiner

George Steiner on the moment his father called a mob 'history'

Castaway · 18 February 1996Sue Lawley

Sir Nicholas Goodison

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Sir Nicholas Goodison

Nicholas Goodison on buying a cheap barometer that led to writing the standard reference book

Castaway · 1 March 1987Michael Parkinson

Sir Michael Tippett

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Sir Michael Tippett

Michael Tippett on serving two months in prison as a conscientious objector

Castaway · 5 January 1985Roy Plomley

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Sir Peter Hall

How teaching economics in the RAF taught Peter Hall to direct

Castaway · 12 November 1983Roy Plomley

Sir John Pritchard

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Sir John Pritchard

John Pritchard on being summoned from the sea to conduct Don Giovanni

Castaway · 16 July 1983Roy Plomley

David Lloyd Jones

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David Lloyd Jones

David Lloyd Jones on hearing the Magic Flute overture aged eight

Castaway · 2 October 1982Roy Plomley

Richard Armstrong

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Richard Armstrong

Richard Armstrong on how the Barber of Seville put him off opera

Castaway · 3 April 1982Roy Plomley

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Gillian Lynne

Gillian Lynne on deciding to sing as well as dance after seeing South Pacific

Castaway · 11 July 1981Roy Plomley

Sir John Tooley

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Sir John Tooley

John Tooley on accepting he lacked the talent to be a singer

Castaway · 11 October 1980Roy Plomley

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Robert Tear

Robert Tear on Benjamin Britten telling him he wasn't believing what he sang

Castaway · 31 May 1980Roy Plomley

Christopher Fry

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Christopher Fry

Christopher Fry on taking letters to the post at midnight

Castaway · 7 October 1978Roy Plomley

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Antony Hopkins

Antony Hopkins on a holiday that opened a floodgate of music

Castaway · 1 October 1962Roy Plomley