Trumpet — Luxury · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Trumpet — Luxury · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Luxury

Trumpet

5 episodes

Chosen over the decades

5

Total castaways

1950s

Peak decade

5

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Alison Balsom
Dizzy Gillespie
Harry Corbett
Marcus du Sautoy
Valentine Dyall

Alison Balsom
Alison Balsom on the concert that made her want to play the trumpet aged 10
Castaway · 4 October 2015Kirsty Young
Marcus du Sautoy
Marcus du Sautoy on a teacher with a cigar who showed him the real maths
Castaway · 7 December 2008Kirsty Young

desert is.land

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

The listing

Find a castaway
Most requested
Browse the archive
About

Transmission

Broadcasting since 1942
Long wave 198 kHz
An unofficial archive companion
Report a fault

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

Dizzy Gillespie

Dizzy Gillespie on receiving a trombone from his school at age 11

Castaway · 19 January 1980Roy Plomley

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Harry Corbett

Castaway · 9 August 1965Roy Plomley

Valentine Dyall

18°44′S 096°00′W

Valentine Dyall

Castaway · 7 November 1955Roy Plomley