We love listening to BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs programme, a simple concept asking well-known people the same question each week:
“If you were a castaway alone on a desert island, which eight gramophone records would you choose to have with you, assuming of course, that you had a gramophone and an
inexhaustible supply of needles?”
Guest ‘castaways’ are also asked which book and luxury item they would like to have with them. The format has been the same since the very first show in 1942 and has become a national institution in the UK. However, since legendary BBC radio presenter Roy Plomley had his light bulb moment all those years ago, late one night in his pyjamas as the story goes, we are no longer limited to analogue storage devices like gramophones.
If Mr. Plomley had been on the airwaves in 2012, surely he’d be asking people what digital content they’d choose to have stored on a trusty hard disk drive?
From January 2012 we’ll be playing around with this modern twist, asking the Tweeting public which movies, box sets, albums or photographs they couldn’t live without. Each week we’ll ask the following question, focussing on a different type of content:
“If you were a castaway alone on a desert island, which (movies / box sets / albums / photographs) would you choose to have stored on your hard disk drive, assuming of course,
that you had a PC and an unlimited power supply?”
Over the years Mozart has been the most popular Desert Island Discs artist, while Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 in D minor ‘Choral’ is the top track. But what will prove to be the most popular #DesertIslandHDD content? Will The Office claim the ‘Best Box Set’ accolade? Will Tom Hanks or Tom Cruise movies get the most votes? Or will we see family photos outweigh iconic images?
To get involved in the discussion, head over to the @Seagate_UK Twitter feed and lookout for the #DesertIslandHDD hashtag.
We look forward to seeing your suggestions!
