Bobby Darin

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Bobby Darin — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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2000s

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Simon Cowell
Simon Cowell on his Eureka moment at 40 for judging hits
Castaway · 13 August 2006Sue 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
Report a fault

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

Tim Rice

How a rejected idea led Tim Rice to meet Andrew Lloyd Webber

Castaway · 27 June 2004Sue Lawley

George Clooney

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George Clooney

George Clooney on dressing as a leprechaun with a cigar on his dad's show

Castaway · 23 February 2003Sue Lawley

Terry O'Neill

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Terry O'Neill

Terry O'Neill on accidentally photographing a sleeping Rap Butler at Heathrow

Castaway · 28 January 2001Sue Lawley

John Bird

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John Bird

John Bird on meeting a large-nosed Scotsman in a pub while on the run

Castaway · 21 June 1998Sue Lawley

Alan Sillitoe

Simon Cowell

George Clooney

Terry O'Neill

John Bird