Vivian Ellis

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

Vivian Ellis — Composer · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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7 episodes

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1980s

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Gillian Reynolds on the red dots that proved she was born lucky
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Sir John Mills
John Mills on knowing at age five that he had to be an actor
Castaway · 7 May 2000Sue Lawley
Lord Killanin

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

Killanin on being born a month after his father's death in the war

Castaway · 11 October 1987Michael Parkinson

Princess Grace of Monaco

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Grace Kelly on being turned down by a college because of returning GIs

Castaway · 18 April 1981Roy Plomley

Derek Tangye

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Derek Tangye on being marooned on a tropical island near Tahiti

Castaway · 1 November 1980Roy Plomley

Sir Alec Rose

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Alec Rose on the soul-destroying whine of rigging

Castaway · 7 April 1969Roy Plomley

Bebe Daniels

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Bebe Daniels

Bebe Daniels on being carried on stage at ten weeks old

Castaway · 2 April 1956Roy Plomley

Gillian Reynolds

Sir John Mills

Lord Killanin

Princess Grace of Monaco

Derek Tangye

Sir Alec Rose

Bebe Daniels