Water Music — George Frideric Handel — Song · desert is.land

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

Water Music — George Frideric Handel

16 episodes

Castaways who chose this

Alan Pegler
Brigadier Peter Young
Christiane Amanpour
Countess Elizabeth Longford
Dame Janet Baker
Debbie Wiseman
Eva Burrows
Jacquetta Hawkes
John Cole
Lady Redgrave
Lord Home of The Hirsel
Lord Weinstock
Sir Adrian Cadbury
Sir Ian MacGregor
Sir Peter Bonfield

Christiane Amanpour
Castaway · 2 October 2016Kirsty Young
Debbie Wiseman
Castaway · 19 October 2014Kirsty Young
Sir Peter Bonfield
Castaway · 30 April 2000

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 Adrian Cadbury

15°19′S 098°05′W

Sir Adrian Cadbury

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18°05′S 022°36′W

Lord Weinstock

Castaway · 23 May 1993Sue Lawley

11°22′S 158°56′W

Eva Burrows

Castaway · 16 May 1993Sue Lawley

00°02′S 150°48′W

John Cole

Castaway · 9 May 1993Sue Lawley

10°22′S 020°46′W

Lady Redgrave

Castaway · 30 April 1989Sue Lawley

Sir Ian MacGregor

15°21′S 128°13′W

Sir Ian MacGregor

Castaway · 5 October 1986Michael Parkinson

01°43′S 133°38′W

Cindy Buxton & Annie Price

Castaway · 27 August 1983Roy Plomley

Dame Janet Baker

20°29′S 013°30′W

Dame Janet Baker

Castaway · 7 August 1982Roy Plomley

Jacquetta Hawkes

00°06′S 004°09′W

Jacquetta Hawkes

Castaway · 15 November 1980Roy Plomley

Countess Elizabeth Longford

08°04′S 131°14′W

Countess Elizabeth Longford

Castaway · 11 August 1979Roy Plomley

Lord Home of The Hirsel

12°55′S 108°53′W

Lord Home of The Hirsel

Castaway · 7 May 1977Roy Plomley

Brigadier Peter Young

22°40′S 021°58′W

Brigadier Peter Young

Castaway · 2 April 1977Roy Plomley

12°25′S 005°31′W

Alan Pegler

Castaway · 13 January 1969Roy Plomley

Water Music — George Frideric Handel — Song · desert is.land