Victor Young

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Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

Victor Young — Composer · desert is.land

Composer

5 episodes

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Total castaways

1990s

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David Suchet
David Suchet on looking in the mirror for 20 seconds to become himself
Castaway · 8 February 2009Kirsty Young
Bill Kenwright
Bill Kenwright on giving his mother and aunt postcards that made them cry
Castaway · 14 June 1998Sue Lawley

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

Gavin Bryars on finding a tramp's recording that became Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet

Castaway · 5 April 1998Sue Lawley

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Arthur Hailey on his mother making up stories to tell him as a boy

Castaway · 6 April 1986Michael Parkinson

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James Bolam on having his on-screen family murdered while being assessed for a comedy part

Castaway · 12 March 1977Roy Plomley