Evita — Andrew Lloyd Webber — Song

desert is.landest. 1942

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Evita — Andrew Lloyd Webber — Song · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Evita — Andrew Lloyd Webber

7 episodes

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Beryl Vertue
Gerry Robinson
James Clavell
John Motson
Professor Heinz Wolff
Rt. Hon. Douglas Hurd
Wilbur Smith

John Motson
John Motson on Brian Clough giving him both barrels
Castaway · 17 June 2018Kirsty Young
Beryl Vertue
Beryl Vertue on playing cards with matches for money with Tony Hancock
Castaway · 20 January 2013Kirsty 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

Professor Heinz Wolff

Heinz Wolff on making Richard Dimbleby squeal with a swallowed radio transmitter

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Gerry Robinson

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Gerry Robinson

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Castaway · 2 June 1996Sue Lawley

Rt. Hon. Douglas Hurd

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Rt. Hon. Douglas Hurd

Douglas Hurd on a coronation bonfire and a wife's knickers caught in the wire

Castaway · 12 June 1988Michael Parkinson

Wilbur Smith

21°16′S 109°58′W

Wilbur Smith

Wilbur Smith on writing his first novel on government stationery

Castaway · 25 September 1982Roy Plomley

James Clavell

05°24′S 050°23′W

James Clavell

James Clavell on being given a proclamation from King George VI as a returning POW

Castaway · 14 November 1981Roy Plomley

John Motson

Beryl Vertue

Gerry Robinson

Rt. Hon. Douglas Hurd

Wilbur Smith

James Clavell