Our Love Is Here to Stay — George Gershwin

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

“And if you could take only one…” — a semantic wireless tuned to the Desert Island Discs archive.

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Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

desert is.landest. 1942

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Song

Our Love Is Here to Stay — George Gershwin

6 episodes

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David Scott Blackhall
Martina Navratilova
Ruth Rogers
Sian Phillips
Sir Harrison Birtwistle
Sir John Mortimer

Ruth Rogers
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Martina Navratilova
Martina Navratilova on her father telling her at age eight she would win Wimbledon
Castaway · 8 July 2012Kirsty 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

Sir John Mortimer

John Mortimer on his blind father hiding in the herbaceous border from visitors

Castaway · 4 February 2001Sue Lawley

Sian Phillips

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Sian Phillips

Sian Phillips on seeing her first pantomime with her grandmother

Castaway · 25 May 1997Sue Lawley

Sir Harrison Birtwistle

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Sir Harrison Birtwistle

How hearing the Turangalîla symphony in a lift convinced Harrison Birtwistle to become a composer

Castaway · 16 January 1994Sue Lawley

David Scott Blackhall

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David Scott Blackhall

David Scott Blackhall on the pub outing that showed him people don't speak to the blind

Castaway · 26 July 1980Roy Plomley

Our Love Is Here to Stay — George Gershwin — Song · desert is.land

Ruth Rogers

Martina Navratilova

Sian Phillips

Sir Harrison Birtwistle

David Scott Blackhall