Walford Davies

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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

Walford Davies — Composer · desert is.land

Composer

4 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

1960s

Peak decade

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

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Margaret Tebbit on kicking her husband
Castaway · 31 December 1995Sue Lawley
Mary Archer
Mary Archer on teaching through her premature labour
Castaway · 17 April 1988Michael Parkinson

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

Oliver Ford on finding himself in the middle of a minefield

Castaway · 5 March 1977Roy Plomley

00°09′S 176°03′W

David Jacobs on the screw points that ruined his perfect cupboard mirror

Castaway · 25 May 1964Roy Plomley