Tomaso Albinoni — Composer · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Tomaso Albinoni — Composer · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Composer

Tomaso Albinoni

17 episodes

Chosen over the decades

17

Total castaways

1970s

Peak decade

6

Decades seen

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Anna Raeburn
Carla Lane
Don Black
Felicity Kendal
Geraldine James
Helen Mirren
James Dyson
John Curry
Kiri Te Kanawa
Magnus Magnusson
Malcolm Muggeridge
Martin Bell
Marty Feldman
Peter Quennell
Tony Iveson
Twiggy
Virginia McKenna

Tony Iveson
Tony Iveson on shaking the hand of the German fighter pilot who could have killed him
Castaway · 2 January 2011Kirsty Young
Virginia McKenna
Virginia McKenna on her father keeping a snake called George and two bush babies
Castaway · 26 September 2004Sue Lawley
Geraldine James

desert is.land

“And if you could take only one…” — a semantic wireless tuned to the Desert Island Discs archive.

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Broadcasting since 1942
Long wave 198 kHz
An unofficial archive companion
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Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

How the sound of a brown paper bag helped Geraldine James land a role

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James Dyson

James Dyson on welding a giant cyclone and racing home to rip the bag off his vacuum cleaner

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Don Black

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Twiggy

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Castaway · 8 January 1989Sue Lawley

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Helen Mirren

Helen Mirren on being called 'Stratford's sex queen'

Castaway · 27 November 1982Roy Plomley

Malcolm Muggeridge

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Malcolm Muggeridge

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Castaway · 19 September 1981Roy Plomley

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Carla Lane

Carla Lane on turning down the name Romana Barrack

Castaway · 28 February 1981Roy Plomley

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Kiri Te Kanawa

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Castaway · 8 March 1980Roy Plomley

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Anna Raeburn

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Castaway · 27 May 1978Roy Plomley

Felicity Kendal

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Felicity Kendal

Felicity Kendal on being thrown on stage by her father aged nine

Castaway · 1 April 1978Roy Plomley

Magnus Magnusson

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Magnus Magnusson

Magnus Magnusson on discovering he was short-sighted during his first TV link

Castaway · 23 April 1977Roy Plomley

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John Curry

John Curry on winning the Hop, Skip and a Jump Competition

Castaway · 12 February 1977Roy Plomley

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Peter Quennell

Peter Quennell on being sacked from the fire service for smoking on a fire

Castaway · 25 September 1976Roy Plomley

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Marty Feldman

Marty Feldman on firing arrows into a fake Red Indian's stomach

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