Ombra mai fu (Xerxes) — George Frideric Handel

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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desert is.landest. 1942

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Ombra mai fu (Xerxes) — George Frideric Handel

7 episodes

Castaways who chose this

Bransby Williams
Chris De Burgh
Humphrey Lyttelton
Lesley Garrett
Lord Dacre of Glanton (Hugh Trevor-Roper)
Rt Hon. George Thomas
Sir John Betjeman

Humphrey Lyttelton
Castaway · 5 November 2006Kirsty Young
Chris De Burgh
Castaway · 26 July 1998Sue Lawley
Lesley Garrett

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

Castaway · 10 October 1993

·Sue Lawley

Lord Dacre of Glanton (Hugh Trevor-Roper)

02°13′S 000°52′W

Lord Dacre of Glanton (Hugh Trevor-Roper)

Castaway · 21 August 1988Michael Parkinson

Rt Hon. George Thomas

07°13′S 045°07′W

Rt Hon. George Thomas

Castaway · 30 October 1982Roy Plomley

Sir John Betjeman

07°36′S 141°06′W

Sir John Betjeman

Castaway · 12 April 1975Roy Plomley

Bransby Williams

20°49′S 006°29′W

Bransby Williams

Castaway · 4 November 1957Roy Plomley

Ombra mai fu (Xerxes) — George Frideric Handel — Song · desert is.land

Humphrey Lyttelton

Chris De Burgh

Lesley Garrett

Lord Dacre of Glanton (Hugh Trevor-Roper)

Rt Hon. George Thomas

Sir John Betjeman

Bransby Williams