Bob Marley — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Bob Marley — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Artist

Bob Marley

17 episodes

Chosen over the decades

17

Total castaways

2010s

Peak decade

4

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Ade Adepitan
Anna Scher
Clare Short MP
Emily Eavis
Frank Bruno
Ian Wright
Inga Beale
Isabella Tree
Jilly Cooper
John Hegarty
Lawrence Dallaglio
Linton Kwesi Johnson
Malorie Blackman
Margaret Forster
Paul Smith
Sir Magdi Yacoub
Tidjane Thiam

Ian Wright
Ian Wright on his brother covering his ears to protect him from their stepfather
Castaway · 16 February 2020Lauren Laverne
Isabella Tree
Isabella Tree on waking to tens of thousands of painted lady butterflies
Castaway · 24 November 2019Lauren Laverne
Emily Eavis

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
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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

Emily Eavis on driving home from Glastonbury in just bin bags and pants

Castaway · 23 June 2019Lauren Laverne

01°24′S 155°07′W

Jilly Cooper

Jilly Cooper on playing Little Muck

Castaway · 31 July 2016Kirsty Young

05°53′S 127°18′W

Inga Beale

Inga Beale on coming out to her CEO during a job interview

Castaway · 15 May 2016Kirsty Young

Malorie Blackman

16°35′S 114°54′W

Malorie Blackman

Malorie Blackman on being accused of stealing a first-class train ticket

Castaway · 17 November 2013Kirsty Young

23°32′S 043°34′W

Tidjane Thiam

Tidjane Thiam on his assistant stopping rebels from looting his office

Castaway · 4 November 2012Kirsty Young

16°50′S 179°54′W

Ade Adepitan

Ade Adepitan on crawling up a volcano in Nicaragua

Castaway · 30 September 2012Kirsty Young

03°17′S 147°54′W

Anna Scher

Anna Scher on coming home to find her mother had left

Castaway · 18 November 2011Kirsty Young

Lawrence Dallaglio

18°22′S 038°34′W

Lawrence Dallaglio

Lawrence Dallaglio on the morning he learned his sister was missing

Castaway · 20 February 2011Kirsty Young

Linton Kwesi Johnson

03°27′S 061°00′W

Linton Kwesi Johnson

Linton Kwesi Johnson on turning down a six-album deal with Island Records

Castaway · 8 December 2002Sue Lawley

Sir Magdi Yacoub

13°24′S 140°50′W

Sir Magdi Yacoub

Magdi Yacoub on his controversial baboon experiment

Castaway · 18 June 1995Sue Lawley

Margaret Forster

03°33′S 039°57′W

Margaret Forster

Margaret Forster on her hit novel being an albatross round her neck

Castaway · 4 December 1994Sue Lawley

20°24′S 005°20′W

Frank Bruno

Frank Bruno on crying like a big baby at boarding school

Castaway · 6 June 1993Sue Lawley

18°53′S 119°54′W

Paul Smith

How Paul Smith discovered the Filofax maker hidden under railway arches

Castaway · 20 December 1992Sue Lawley

02°42′S 073°45′W

Clare Short MP

Clare Short on the moment her Catholic faith crumbled over contraception

Castaway · 5 July 1992Sue Lawley

04°17′S 064°02′W

John Hegarty

John Hegarty on being told he was the worst painter at Hornsey Art School

Castaway · 23 June 1991Sue Lawley