Bryn Terfel

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Long wave 198 kHz
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Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

Bryn Terfel — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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6 episodes

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2000s

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Alan Sillitoe
Gareth Malone
Gillian Clarke
Jan Morris
Rob Brydon
Sir Kyffin Williams

Gareth Malone
Castaway · 25 December 2016Kirsty Young
Gillian Clarke
Castaway · 15 December 2013Kirsty Young
Rob Brydon

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

Castaway · 16 May 2010

·Kirsty Young

Alan Sillitoe

06°44′S 089°28′W

Alan Sillitoe

Castaway · 25 January 2009Kirsty Young

Jan Morris

10°41′S 148°10′W

Jan Morris

Castaway · 16 June 2002Sue Lawley

Sir Kyffin Williams

08°30′S 155°58′W

Sir Kyffin Williams

Castaway · 10 June 2001Sue Lawley

Gareth Malone

Gillian Clarke

Rob Brydon

Alan Sillitoe

Jan Morris

Sir Kyffin Williams