Adele — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Adele — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Artist

Adele

12 episodes

Chosen over the decades

12

Total castaways

2010s

Peak decade

2

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Alan Carr
Anthony Joshua
Clare Smyth
Dame Wendy Hall
Dame Zaha Hadid
Emma Grede
Gareth Southgate OBE
Lesley Manville
Marcus Wareing
Pia Sinha
Sir Howard Stringer
Tony Robinson

Emma Grede
Emma Grede on making a full roast dinner for six by age 12
Castaway · 2 August 2026Lauren Laverne
Gareth Southgate OBE
Gareth Southgate on not being able to execute a penalty under pressure
Castaway · 22 December 2024Lauren Laverne

desert is.land

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

The listing

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Most requested
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Transmission

Broadcasting since 1942
Long wave 198 kHz
An unofficial archive companion
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Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

Anthony Joshua

Anthony Joshua on his plan to open a care home for retired boxers

Castaway · 23 June 2024Lauren Laverne

22°03′S 060°55′W

Pia Sinha

How a prison airlock gave Pia Sinha a sense of panic

Castaway · 19 November 2023Lauren Laverne

Lesley Manville

19°47′S 021°35′W

Lesley Manville

Lesley Manville on listening to Princess Margaret's Desert Island Discs for The Crown

Castaway · 5 February 2023Lauren Laverne

12°11′S 173°10′W

Clare Smyth

Clare Smyth on cooking for the royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan

Castaway · 31 July 2022Lauren Laverne

05°51′S 036°38′W

Marcus Wareing

Marcus Wareing on his acrimonious legal battle with Gordon Ramsay

Castaway · 14 July 2019Lauren Laverne

12°14′S 060°51′W

Alan Carr

Alan Carr on hearing his own camp voice for the first time, aged 12

Castaway · 23 December 2018Lauren Laverne

Dame Zaha Hadid

00°29′S 065°22′W

Dame Zaha Hadid

Zaha Hadid on learning that buildings can't float

Castaway · 21 February 2016Kirsty Young

Dame Wendy Hall

14°46′S 145°10′W

Dame Wendy Hall

Wendy Hall on being told she didn't get a job because she was a woman

Castaway · 27 July 2014Kirsty Young

Sir Howard Stringer

17°51′S 070°07′W

Sir Howard Stringer

Howard Stringer on having lunch with Henry VIII

Castaway · 6 January 2013Kirsty Young

23°59′S 052°32′W

Tony Robinson

How Tony Robinson's Blackadder role came from an act of desperation

Castaway · 3 July 2011Kirsty Young