Cleo Laine — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Cleo Laine — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Artist

Cleo Laine

17 episodes

Chosen over the decades

17

Total castaways

1970s

Peak decade

5

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Alan Sillitoe
A S Byatt
Baroness Hollins
Barry Norman
Bill Morris
Cleo Laine
David Croft
Derek Jacobi
Doris Lessing
Frankie Howerd
George Guest
John Dankworth
June Mendoza
Minette Walters
Ned Sherrin
Paco Peña
Susan George

Baroness Hollins
Sheila Hollins on pretending to be a housewife at parties to avoid others' attitudes
Castaway · 13 May 2012Kirsty Young
Alan Sillitoe
Alan Sillitoe on writing seven novels before finding a publisher
Castaway · 25 January 2009Kirsty 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
Report a fault

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

Minette Walters

Minette Walters on the neighbour who told her to do something with her day

Castaway · 30 June 2002Sue Lawley

10°19′S 177°00′W

Bill Morris

Bill Morris on being told sawdust grows on trees

Castaway · 22 November 1998Sue Lawley

01°36′S 009°56′W

Cleo Laine

Cleo Laine on the New Year's Eve kiss with Johnny Dankworth

Castaway · 31 August 1997Sue Lawley

09°00′S 127°24′W

Doris Lessing

Doris Lessing on returning to Zimbabwe to find the birds gone

Castaway · 21 November 1993Sue Lawley

17°42′S 130°37′W

David Croft

David Croft on how Jimmy Perry got the idea for Dad's Army from the Home Guard at Buckingham Palace

Castaway · 14 March 1993Sue Lawley

13°19′S 091°26′W

A S Byatt

A S Byatt on feeling an immense space after her mother's death

Castaway · 16 June 1991Sue Lawley

11°17′S 109°31′W

Ned Sherrin

Ned Sherrin on his father's pre-milking phone call about Freemasonry

Castaway · 9 July 1989Sue Lawley

17°10′S 071°12′W

Susan George

Susan George on making up her mind to become an actress at age 11

Castaway · 16 August 1987Michael Parkinson

03°12′S 075°13′W

John Dankworth

John Dankworth on pretending his saxophone was a bassoon

Castaway · 2 March 1986Michael Parkinson

00°34′S 167°57′W

Frankie Howerd

Frankie Howerd on making up Bible stories as a Sunday school teacher aged 13

Castaway · 23 January 1982Roy Plomley

11°43′S 028°55′W

June Mendoza

How a painting of a cellist made June Mendoza choose art over a screen test

Castaway · 8 September 1979Roy Plomley

09°25′S 046°11′W

Barry Norman

Barry Norman on being hurled into a racial maelstrom as a 19-year-old journalist

Castaway · 25 August 1979Roy Plomley

03°15′S 042°02′W

Derek Jacobi

Derek Jacobi on portraying old Claudius before young Claudius

Castaway · 10 June 1978Roy Plomley

16°20′S 035°25′W

Paco Peña

Paco Peña on being moved to tears by flamenco as a child

Castaway · 4 March 1978Roy Plomley

00°18′S 143°32′W

George Guest

George Guest on why he would barely last a week on a desert island

Castaway · 31 July 1976Roy Plomley