Billy Bragg

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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

Billy Bragg — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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2010s

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Maria Balshaw on seeing a child scoot into the gallery
Castaway · 9 August 2020Lauren Laverne

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

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Micky Flanagan on the summer of his life working in a kitchen

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Malcolm Gladwell

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Chris Packham

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David Tennant

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Jo Brand

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Jo Brand

Jo Brand on being called fat, man-hating and feminist

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Jack Thorne

Maria Balshaw

Malcolm Gladwell

Chris Packham

David Tennant

Jo Brand