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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

Cards — Luxury · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Luxury

9 episodes

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1950s

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Ada Cherry Kearton
Ben Travers
Cyril Smith
Gavin Lyall
Joan Cross
Max Miller
Omar Sharif
Sir Frederick Ashton
Thea Musgrave

Thea Musgrave
How cutting up frogs led Thea Musgrave to music school
Castaway · 7 October 2018Lauren Laverne
Sir Frederick Ashton
Frederick Ashton on being riveted by Anna Pavlova's performance aged 13
Castaway · 2 May 1981Roy Plomley
Omar Sharif

desert is.land

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

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Most requested
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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

Omar Sharif on the photograph that won him his role in Lawrence of Arabia

Castaway · 14 January 1978Roy Plomley

Gavin Lyall

06°35′S 137°12′W

Gavin Lyall

Gavin Lyall on not eating a polar bear's liver

Castaway · 24 January 1976Roy Plomley

Ben Travers

09°55′S 123°50′W

Ben Travers

Ben Travers on being too sorry for a fish to keep it

Castaway · 10 May 1975Roy Plomley

Joan Cross

22°29′S 035°43′W

Joan Cross

Castaway · 18 November 1957Roy Plomley

Ada Cherry Kearton

17°38′S 006°49′W

Ada Cherry Kearton

Castaway · 8 October 1956Roy Plomley

Cyril Smith

16°03′S 015°41′W

Cyril Smith

Castaway · 26 March 1956Roy Plomley

Max Miller

14°25′S 039°48′W

Max Miller

Castaway · 20 March 1953Roy Plomley