William Boyce

Tuning in…

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

William Boyce — Composer · desert is.land

Composer

3 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

1980s

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Decade seen

Castaways who chose this

John Harvey-Jones
John Harvey-Jones on his fifth birthday with a state band playing Happy Birthday out of tune
Castaway · 19 January 1985Roy Plomley
Douglas Reeman
Douglas Reeman on getting his best friend to swim for him in a full duck uniform
Castaway · 12 March 1983Roy Plomley
Tristan Jones

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

Tristan Jones on sailing further north than Nansen

Castaway · 23 August 1980Roy Plomley