Doris Day — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Doris Day — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Artist

Doris Day

13 episodes

Chosen over the decades

13

Total castaways

2010s

Peak decade

4

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Barbara Dickson
Brenda Blethyn
Christina Noble
David Almond
Felicity Green
Frank Warren
Gloria Hunniford
Ian McMillan
John Cooper Clarke
John Updike
Maggie Fitzgibbon
Professor Tanya Byron
Ray Winstone

John Cooper Clarke
John Cooper Clarke on persuading Bernard Manning to book him with a poem about a punch-up
Castaway · 21 July 2019Lauren Laverne
Ray Winstone
Ray Winstone on weeing on Ronnie Kray's raincoat
Castaway · 28 December 2014Kirsty 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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About

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

Professor Tanya Byron

Tanya Byron on how her grandmother’s murder sparked her interest in psychology

Castaway · 27 October 2013Kirsty Young

05°35′S 152°14′W

David Almond

David Almond on being called an overnight success after twenty years of writing

Castaway · 10 March 2013Kirsty 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

02°48′S 149°56′W

Ian McMillan

Ian McMillan on his mother going to prison for love

Castaway · 7 November 2010Kirsty Young

16°14′S 015°39′W

Frank Warren

Frank Warren on being shot and initially thinking it was a joke

Castaway · 24 January 2010Kirsty Young

Gloria Hunniford

08°27′S 061°05′W

Gloria Hunniford

Gloria Hunniford on her father the magician

Castaway · 24 December 2006Kirsty Young

01°00′S 000°13′W

Brenda Blethyn

How amateur dramatics led Brenda Blethyn's husband to fall for the lady opposite

Castaway · 18 September 2005Sue Lawley

Christina Noble

11°41′S 115°36′W

Christina Noble

Christina Noble on a vivid dream of children running through smoke

Castaway · 15 June 1997Sue Lawley

Barbara Dickson

07°45′S 149°42′W

Barbara Dickson

Barbara Dickson on singing into a toothpaste tube in the bathroom

Castaway · 17 December 1995Sue Lawley

20°01′S 116°05′W

John Updike

John Updike on falling in love with the New Yorker as a child

Castaway · 10 September 1995Sue Lawley

Maggie Fitzgibbon

01°04′S 176°23′W

Maggie Fitzgibbon

Maggie Fitzgibbon on being discovered while singing under the shower

Castaway · 27 January 1969Roy Plomley