Chariots of Fire — Vangelis — Song · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Chariots of Fire — Vangelis — Song · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Song

Chariots of Fire — Vangelis

17 episodes

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Ann Daniels
Colin Montgomerie
David Rendall
Duncan Goodhew
Jean Rook
John Ridgway
Jonathon Porritt
Kitty Godfree
Lord Roy Jenkins
Michael Wood
Professor A H Halsey
Ron Pickering
Rt Hon Lord Sainsbury
Rt Hon Shirley Williams
Rt Hon Sir Menzies Campbell MP
Sir Ranulph Fiennes

Ann Daniels
How a nurse told Ann Daniels she wouldn't cope with her triplets
Castaway · 21 January 2007Kirsty Young
Rt Hon Shirley Williams
How hiding behind a curtain reunited Shirley Williams with her mother
Castaway · 29 January 2006Sue Lawley

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

Rt Hon Sir Menzies Campbell MP

Menzies Campbell on the moment he was told he had a malignant tumour

Castaway · 17 October 2004Sue Lawley

Rt Hon Lord Sainsbury

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Rt Hon Lord Sainsbury

David Sainsbury on being asked to choose a Henry Moore drawing as a birthday present as a small boy

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Professor A H Halsey

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Professor A H Halsey

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Colin Montgomerie

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Colin Montgomerie

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Castaway · 12 March 2000Sue Lawley

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Duncan Goodhew

Duncan Goodhew on losing his hair after an eighteen-foot fall

Castaway · 7 June 1992Sue Lawley

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Jean Rook

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Castaway · 15 July 1990Sue Lawley

Jonathon Porritt

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Jonathon Porritt

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Castaway · 11 June 1989Sue Lawley

Lord Roy Jenkins

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Lord Roy Jenkins

Roy Jenkins on teaching himself to be a writer

Castaway · 16 April 1989Sue Lawley

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Kitty Godfree

Kitty Godfree on cycling from Holland to Berlin aged nine

Castaway · 6 September 1987Michael Parkinson

19°22′S 117°10′W

John Ridgway

John Ridgway on seeing his friend's face in a child he adopted

Castaway · 23 November 1986Michael Parkinson

15°44′S 152°42′W

Albert & Michel Roux

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Castaway · 26 October 1986Michael Parkinson

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Ron Pickering

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Castaway · 16 March 1986Michael Parkinson

18°21′S 170°37′W

David Rendall

David Rendall on the conductor who died in his arms

Castaway · 27 October 1984Roy Plomley

Sir Ranulph Fiennes

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Sir Ranulph Fiennes

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Michael Wood

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