Charles Penrose — Artist · desert is.land

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

desert is.landest. 1942

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Artist

Charles Penrose

4 episodes

Chosen over the decades

4

Total castaways

1980s

Peak decade

3

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Alec Jeffreys
Hugh Grant
Ray Cooney
Twiggy

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Castaway · 9 December 2007Kirsty Young
Hugh Grant
Castaway · 16 April 1995Sue Lawley
Twiggy
Castaway · 8 January 1989

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

11°38′S 126°57′W

Ray Cooney

Castaway · 15 December 1984Roy Plomley

Charles Penrose — Artist · desert is.land