Chuck Berry — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Chuck Berry — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Artist

Chuck Berry

11 episodes

Chosen over the decades

11

Total castaways

1980s

Peak decade

5

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Felix Dennis
Gene Pitney
John Bird
John Hegarty
Keith Richards
Martin Clunes
Mike Harding
Paul McCartney
Richard Eyre
Ronnie Wood

Ronnie Wood
How a party sofa led Ronnie Wood to join the Rolling Stones
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Keith Richards
Keith Richards on the 45 minutes of snoring after recording Satisfaction
Castaway · 25 October 2015Kirsty Young

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

Martin Clunes on learning his father had left his family before he died

Castaway · 18 September 2011Kirsty Young

19°26′S 102°15′W

Felix Dennis

Felix Dennis on standing in the dock at the Old Bailey in 1971

Castaway · 12 August 2007Kirsty Young

06°53′S 018°09′W

Gene Pitney

How Gene Pitney's mother told him to take back his earnings

Castaway · 2 March 2003Sue Lawley

19°58′S 179°55′W

John Bird

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

Castaway · 21 June 1998Sue 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

17°21′S 072°39′W

Charles Dance

Charles Dance on declining a James Bond screen test

Castaway · 11 December 1988Michael Parkinson

06°05′S 071°44′W

Richard Eyre

Richard Eyre on the mirror moment that convinced him to stop acting

Castaway · 23 March 1985Roy Plomley

22°11′S 019°43′W

Mike Harding

Mike Harding on advising John Lennon to get better suits

Castaway · 23 October 1982Roy Plomley

09°36′S 013°21′W

Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney on swapping his trumpet for a guitar and discovering he was left-handed

Castaway · 30 January 1982Roy Plomley