City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Simon Rattle

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

“And if you could take only one…” — a semantic wireless tuned to the Desert Island Discs archive.

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Broadcasting since 1942
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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City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Simon Rattle

7 episodes

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2000s

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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

·Sue Lawley

Peter Mansfield

20°59′S 142°46′W

Peter Mansfield

Castaway · 18 June 2006Sue Lawley

Sir Digby Jones

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Sir Digby Jones

Castaway · 21 May 2006Sue Lawley

Sir Bobby Robson

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Sir Bobby Robson

Castaway · 5 December 2004Sue Lawley

Tina Brown

17°01′S 168°21′W

Tina Brown

Castaway · 3 December 2000Sue Lawley

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Simon Rattle — Artist · desert is.land

Richard Wilson

Robert Hardy

Monty Don

Peter Mansfield

Sir Digby Jones

Sir Bobby Robson

Tina Brown