Dusty Springfield — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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

desert is.landest. 1942

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Artist

Dusty Springfield

16 episodes

Chosen over the decades

16

Total castaways

2010s

Peak decade

6

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Ali Smith
Betty Jackson
Billie Jean King
Cressida Dick
Dame Katherine Grainger
Eleanor Bron
Glynis Johns
Jacqueline Wilson
Jasper Conran
Lesley Manville
Liz Lochhead
Lorraine Kelly
Maggi Hambling
Neil Tennant
Stephen Poliakoff
Tom Hanks

Lorraine Kelly
Castaway · 2 November 2025Lauren Laverne
Lesley Manville
Castaway · 5 February 2023Lauren Laverne
Cressida Dick

desert is.land

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

The listing

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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

Castaway · 10 February 2019

·Lauren Laverne

Billie Jean King

15°33′S 092°04′W

Billie Jean King

Castaway · 15 July 2018Kirsty Young

21°31′S 001°07′W

Liz Lochhead

Castaway · 14 May 2017Kirsty Young

Dame Katherine Grainger

08°40′S 010°49′W

Dame Katherine Grainger

Castaway · 26 February 2017Kirsty Young

03°06′S 161°21′W

Ali Smith

Castaway · 6 November 2016Kirsty Young

18°32′S 118°10′W

Tom Hanks

Castaway · 8 May 2016Kirsty Young

07°47′S 160°53′W

Neil Tennant

Castaway · 4 February 2007Kirsty Young

17°22′S 046°48′W

Maggi Hambling

Castaway · 18 December 2005Sue Lawley

Jacqueline Wilson

21°23′S 035°45′W

Jacqueline Wilson

Castaway · 16 October 2005Sue Lawley

Stephen Poliakoff

16°05′S 060°35′W

Stephen Poliakoff

Castaway · 13 March 2005Sue Lawley

03°33′S 103°00′W

Betty Jackson

Castaway · 28 April 2002Sue Lawley

02°03′S 131°42′W

Jasper Conran

Castaway · 25 June 1995Sue Lawley

08°31′S 095°26′W

Glynis Johns

Castaway · 24 April 1976Roy Plomley

05°36′S 062°00′W

Eleanor Bron

Castaway · 24 June 1968Roy Plomley

Dusty Springfield — Artist · desert is.land