Bob Newhart — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Bob Newhart — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Artist

Bob Newhart

11 episodes

Chosen over the decades

11

Total castaways

1970s

Peak decade

6

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Cecil Lewis
Cilla Black
Des Lynam
Dr George Carey
Jack Dee
Michael Bond
Roger Moore
Rt Hon. Margaret Thatcher
Sandy Powell
Sir James Callaghan
Sir Ralph Richardson

Jack Dee
Jack Dee on being called thick in front of the entire school
Castaway · 11 May 2014Kirsty Young
Des Lynam
Des Lynam on not recognising his father when he picked him up as a child
Castaway · 19 November 2000Sue Lawley

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

Dr George Carey

George Carey on finding his friend missing after a bombing raid

Castaway · 7 May 1995Sue Lawley

06°36′S 047°46′W

Cecil Lewis

Cecil Lewis on lasting nine months as a fighter pilot when the average life was three weeks

Castaway · 12 May 1991Sue Lawley

18°58′S 071°56′W

Cilla Black

Cilla Black on being told 'You was robbed' after her nose job

Castaway · 16 October 1988Michael Parkinson

Sir James Callaghan

03°07′S 007°21′W

Sir James Callaghan

James Callaghan on the Ministry of Pensions paying his two-guinea school fees

Castaway · 18 October 1987Michael Parkinson

06°47′S 096°04′W

Roger Moore

Roger Moore on being good at looking as though he was listening at school

Castaway · 25 July 1981Roy Plomley

Sir Ralph Richardson

05°12′S 083°14′W

Sir Ralph Richardson

Ralph Richardson on putting wrong checks in wrong envelopes at an insurance office

Castaway · 4 August 1979Roy Plomley

Rt Hon. Margaret Thatcher

14°01′S 052°41′W

Rt Hon. Margaret Thatcher

How Margaret Thatcher volunteered to lead her party when no one else would

Castaway · 18 February 1978Roy Plomley

18°21′S 016°20′W

Michael Bond

Michael Bond on missing a bus and buying the bear that became Paddington

Castaway · 11 September 1976Roy Plomley

21°26′S 031°55′W

Sandy Powell

Sandy Powell on the accidental origin of 'Can you hear me, Mother?'

Castaway · 25 November 1968Roy Plomley