Cliff Richard

desert is.landest. 1942

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

Cliff Richard — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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9 episodes

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2010s

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Britt Ekland
Danny Baker
Gloria Hunniford
June Brown
Mary Berry
Richard Branson
Saeed Jaffrey
Sir Cliff Richard
Tim Rice

Sir Cliff Richard
How a police raid left Cliff Richard weeping like a child
Castaway · 20 December 2020Lauren Laverne
June Brown
June Brown on stripping off for Calendar Girls aged 82
Castaway · 12 February 2017Kirsty 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

Mary Berry

Mary Berry on contracting polio and being isolated in a glass-sided room

Castaway · 29 July 2012Kirsty Young

Danny Baker

19°22′S 087°04′W

Danny Baker

Danny Baker on leaving school at 14 to work in a record shop

Castaway · 31 July 2011Kirsty Young

Gloria Hunniford

08°27′S 061°05′W

Gloria Hunniford

Gloria Hunniford on her father the magician

Castaway · 24 December 2006Kirsty Young

Saeed Jaffrey

03°26′S 005°40′W

Saeed Jaffrey

Saeed Jaffrey on his mother's letter after his Broadway debut

Castaway · 20 April 1997Sue Lawley

Britt Ekland

13°31′S 129°22′W

Britt Ekland

Britt Ekland on marrying Peter Sellers after just ten days

Castaway · 22 May 1994Sue Lawley

Richard Branson

17°05′S 064°26′W

Richard Branson

Richard Branson on his agonizing meetings with artists while being tone deaf

Castaway · 4 June 1989Sue Lawley

Tim Rice

02°57′S 172°44′W

Tim Rice

Tim Rice on his first success Joseph starting as a ten-minute prep school concert

Castaway · 21 February 1976Roy Plomley