Dexys Midnight Runners

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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

Transmission

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

Dexys Midnight Runners — Artist · desert is.land

Artist

5 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

2010s

Peak decade

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Kevin Sinfield
Kevin Sinfield on being covered in mud as a child
Castaway · 9 October 2022Lauren Laverne
Frances O'Grady
How a teacher grabbed Frances O'Grady by the scruff of the neck
Castaway · 12 June 2022Lauren Laverne

desert is.land

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

The listing

Transmission

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

Marcus Wareing on his acrimonious legal battle with Gordon Ramsay

Castaway · 14 July 2019Lauren Laverne

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Lawrence Dallaglio on the morning he learned his sister was missing

Castaway · 20 February 2011Kirsty Young

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How Robbie Coltrane's casting made Jimmy McGovern suicidal

Castaway · 14 January 1996Sue Lawley