Blur — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Blur — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Blur

5 episodes

Chosen over the decades

5

Total castaways

2020s

Peak decade

3

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Angela Hartnett
Ash Atalla
Greg Dyke
Melanie C
Professor Lucy Easthope

Ash Atalla
Ash Atalla on his father preparing him for life with a wheelchair at age five
Castaway · 13 July 2025Lauren Laverne
Professor Lucy Easthope
Lucy Easthope on why the response can be worse than the disaster
Castaway · 8 June 2025Lauren Laverne

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
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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

Melanie C on being bullied by a fellow Spice Girl

Castaway · 23 February 2020Lauren Laverne

Angela Hartnett

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Angela Hartnett

How chefs bet on how long Angela Hartnett would last at Aubergine

Castaway · 14 January 2018Kirsty Young

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Greg Dyke

Greg Dyke on reading Lord Hutton's report and knowing the public would side with the BBC

Castaway · 20 May 2007Kirsty Young