Dionne Warwick

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Dionne Warwick — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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10 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

1980s

Peak decade

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Barry Sheene
Bruce Forsyth
Geoff Boycott
Jackie Collins
Levi Roots
Marlene Dietrich
Max Hastings
Michael Holding
Peter Blake
Tristan Jones

Michael Holding
Michael Holding on his impromptu four-minute monologue on racism
Castaway · 12 September 2021Lauren Laverne
Levi Roots
Levi Roots on changing his name from Keith Graham
Castaway · 17 July 2016Kirsty 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
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Transmission

Broadcasting since 1942
Long wave 198 kHz
An unofficial archive companion
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Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

Peter Blake

Peter Blake on being paid £200 for the Sgt. Pepper album cover

Castaway · 23 March 1997Sue Lawley

Bruce Forsyth

05°35′S 020°52′W

Bruce Forsyth

How driving round the block three times helped Bruce Forsyth enter the London Palladium

Castaway · 1 December 1996Sue Lawley

Jackie Collins

21°41′S 100°54′W

Jackie Collins

Jackie Collins on waving to the resident Flasher in Regent's Park

Castaway · 7 December 1986Michael Parkinson

Max Hastings

19°34′S 122°48′W

Max Hastings

How Max Hastings walked into Port Stanley ahead of British troops

Castaway · 15 June 1986Michael Parkinson

Tristan Jones

15°15′S 158°11′W

Tristan Jones

Tristan Jones on sailing further north than Nansen

Castaway · 23 August 1980Roy Plomley

Barry Sheene

07°21′S 080°24′W

Barry Sheene

Barry Sheene on burning down the riders' loos

Castaway · 15 October 1977Roy Plomley

Geoff Boycott

00°45′S 062°09′W

Geoff Boycott

Geoff Boycott on teaching monkeys to bowl coconuts

Castaway · 10 April 1971Roy Plomley

Marlene Dietrich

17°49′S 156°52′W

Marlene Dietrich

Marlene Dietrich on giving up the violin because she hated doing things in halves

Castaway · 4 January 1965Roy Plomley