America — Leonard Bernstein — Song · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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America — Leonard Bernstein — Song · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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America — Leonard Bernstein

9 episodes

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David Jason OBE
Franco Zeffirelli
Gemma Craven
Helen Oxenbury
Michael White
Penelope Hobhouse
Peter Bull
Tom Stoppard
Yusuf Cat Stevens

Helen Oxenbury
Helen Oxenbury on being bedridden with asthma and drawing to pass the time
Castaway · 29 November 2020Lauren Laverne
Yusuf Cat Stevens
Yusuf Cat Stevens on being treated in the same hospital where Boris Karloff died
Castaway · 27 September 2020Lauren Laverne

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
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About

Transmission

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

Franco Zeffirelli

Franco Zeffirelli on being born out of wedlock

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Michael White

Michael White on why we never saw his show 'I'

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David Jason OBE

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David Jason OBE

David Jason on a lonely Christmas dinner in a panto boarding house

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Penelope Hobhouse

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Penelope Hobhouse

Penelope Hobhouse on writing her first book after buying a typewriter at Woolworths

Castaway · 18 December 1994Sue Lawley

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Gemma Craven

Gemma Craven on the butler who trod on her dress during her stage debut

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Tom Stoppard

Tom Stoppard on playing the triangle in Darjeeling in 1944

Castaway · 12 January 1985Roy Plomley

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Peter Bull

Peter Bull on his mother giving away his teddy bear to a jumble sale

Castaway · 13 August 1983Roy Plomley