Dinah Washington — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Dinah Washington — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Artist

Dinah Washington

11 episodes

Chosen over the decades

11

Total castaways

2000s

Peak decade

3

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Arlene Phillips
Bertice Reading
Earl Hines
Felicity Green
George Clooney
Heather Rabbatts
Jackie Mason
Michael Ball
Paul Weller
Sir John Mortimer
Vidal Sassoon

Jackie Mason
Jackie Mason on ignoring Frank Sinatra in Las Vegas
Castaway · 11 March 2012Kirsty Young
Vidal Sassoon
How Vidal Sassoon fought fascists on the streets of London at 17
Castaway · 9 October 2011Kirsty Young
Heather Rabbatts

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

Heather Rabbatts on being called monkey and half breed at school

Castaway · 24 July 2011Kirsty Young

05°19′S 023°13′W

Felicity Green

How wearing skirts helped Felicity Green navigate Fleet Street's boardroom

Castaway · 17 April 2011Kirsty Young

Arlene Phillips

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Arlene Phillips

Arlene Phillips on deciding never to go home after a dance class

Castaway · 28 June 2009Kirsty Young

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Michael Ball

How a Miss England cabaret helped Michael Ball overcome his stage fright

Castaway · 2 March 2008Kirsty Young

07°10′S 004°22′W

Paul Weller

Paul Weller on wishing he was anywhere else before every gig

Castaway · 16 December 2007Kirsty Young

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George Clooney

George Clooney on dressing as a leprechaun with a cigar on his dad's show

Castaway · 23 February 2003Sue Lawley

Sir John Mortimer

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Sir John Mortimer

John Mortimer on his blind father hiding in the herbaceous border from visitors

Castaway · 4 February 2001Sue Lawley

Bertice Reading

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Bertice Reading

Bertice Reading on being born in a toilet

Castaway · 7 January 1984Roy Plomley

08°12′S 120°48′W

Earl Hines

How Earl Hines made his first record in a room full of steam

Castaway · 24 May 1980Roy Plomley