Annie Lennox

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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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

desert is.landest. 1942

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Artist

9 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

2010s

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Evelyn Glennie
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Lemn Sissay
Lisa Jardine
Patricia Cornwell
Petula Clark
Professor Dame Jane Francis
Simon Murray
Toto Wolff

Toto Wolff
Castaway · 30 July 2023Lauren Laverne
Professor Dame Jane Francis
Castaway · 24 September 2017Kirsty Young
Hugh Bonneville

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 · 28 February 2016

·Kirsty Young

Lemn Sissay

01°40′S 010°05′W

Lemn Sissay

Castaway · 11 October 2015Kirsty Young

Lisa Jardine

20°44′S 111°23′W

Lisa Jardine

Castaway · 7 June 2015Kirsty Young

Simon Murray

04°24′S 132°29′W

Simon Murray

Castaway · 4 January 2009Kirsty Young

Patricia Cornwell

13°04′S 004°26′W

Patricia Cornwell

Castaway · 29 December 2002Sue Lawley

Petula Clark

20°24′S 140°34′W

Petula Clark

Castaway · 24 December 1995Sue Lawley

Evelyn Glennie

04°03′S 138°45′W

Evelyn Glennie

Castaway · 24 January 1993Sue Lawley

Annie Lennox — Artist · desert is.land