Violin

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

Violin — Luxury · desert is.land

Luxury

3 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

1980s

Peak decade

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Robert Fisk
How Robert Fisk hit back when attacked by Afghan refugees
Castaway · 15 October 2006Kirsty Young
Neville Marriner
Neville Marriner on lining up children against each other at competitive music festivals
Castaway · 13 December 1980Roy Plomley

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

Salvatore Accardo on learning to read music before he could read print

Castaway · 26 April 1980Roy Plomley