Derek and the Dominos

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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

Derek and the Dominos — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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9 episodes

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1990s

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Chris De Burgh
Ed Sheeran
John Lee Hooker
Jon Snow
Lulu
Marti Webb
Paul Smith
Tom Hanks
Will Carling

Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran on his cousin's ultimatum to calm down
Castaway · 7 May 2017Kirsty Young
Tom Hanks
Tom Hanks on what his teacher Mrs Castle saw in him
Castaway · 8 May 2016Kirsty Young
Jon Snow

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

Jon Snow on finding his name on a death list in El Salvador

Castaway · 30 January 2011Kirsty Young

Chris De Burgh

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Chris De Burgh

Chris De Burgh on not wanting to be a grandfather saying he could have been a great singer

Castaway · 26 July 1998Sue Lawley

John Lee Hooker

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John Lee Hooker

John Lee Hooker on leaving home with two dollars and a guitar

Castaway · 11 June 1995Sue Lawley

Paul Smith

18°53′S 119°54′W

Paul Smith

How Paul Smith discovered the Filofax maker hidden under railway arches

Castaway · 20 December 1992Sue Lawley

Will Carling

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Will Carling

Will Carling on being slapped by his mother after losing his temper at cricket

Castaway · 10 May 1992Sue Lawley

Lulu

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Lulu

Lulu on singing from a golden coach during the Queen's Coronation

Castaway · 4 October 1987Michael Parkinson

Marti Webb

23°18′S 109°54′W

Marti Webb

Marti Webb on how a friend’s suggestion led to her taking over as Evita

Castaway · 22 May 1982Roy Plomley