Eagles — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Eagles — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Artist

Eagles

14 episodes

Chosen over the decades

14

Total castaways

2000s

Peak decade

5

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Ahdaf Soueif
Anna Raeburn
Armistead Maupin
Barry Sheene
Chris Tarrant
Freddie Flintoff
Jack Vettriano
Jeremy Lloyd
John Sutherland
Matthew Pinsent
Monica Galetti
Richard Madeley
Suzi Quatro
Tom Daley

Monica Galetti
Monica Galetti on cutting off the top of her finger during a cookery demo
Castaway · 31 January 2021Lauren Laverne
Tom Daley
Tom Daley on freezing on the way up to his third dive at age 12
Castaway · 30 September 2018Kirsty 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

Freddie Flintoff

Freddie Flintoff on his 45-minute chess bluff against his granddad

Castaway · 5 July 2015Kirsty Young

05°40′S 171°11′W

Ahdaf Soueif

Ahdaf Soueif on watching friends die to gain metres at Tahrir

Castaway · 17 June 2012Kirsty Young

Richard Madeley

16°18′S 001°08′W

Richard Madeley

Richard Madeley on his wife's 'three pack' reply to his marriage proposal

Castaway · 8 March 2009Kirsty Young

Armistead Maupin

22°08′S 158°58′W

Armistead Maupin

Armistead Maupin on learning of the gay plague from a sobbing friend

Castaway · 25 November 2007Kirsty Young

John Sutherland

00°05′S 090°28′W

John Sutherland

John Sutherland on putting his nose in a book after his father's death

Castaway · 22 January 2006Sue Lawley

Matthew Pinsent

07°49′S 081°09′W

Matthew Pinsent

Matthew Pinsent on the submarine-like pressure that brought him to tears on the podium

Castaway · 31 October 2004Sue Lawley

14°52′S 119°32′W

Jack Vettriano

Jack Vettriano on why you should never use black for a stormy sky

Castaway · 28 March 2004Sue Lawley

16°08′S 109°23′W

Chris Tarrant

Chris Tarrant on his son telling him his job is just a bit of sitting down

Castaway · 22 April 2001Sue Lawley

16°26′S 031°15′W

Jeremy Lloyd

How Jeremy Lloyd became an old person at 12 and a half

Castaway · 18 January 1987Michael Parkinson

09°25′S 001°01′W

Suzi Quatro

Suzi Quatro on being left the bass guitar in her all-girl band

Castaway · 21 September 1986Michael Parkinson

01°56′S 059°18′W

Anna Raeburn

Anna Raeburn on expecting Laurence Olivier to discover her on her 17th birthday

Castaway · 27 May 1978Roy Plomley

07°21′S 080°24′W

Barry Sheene

Barry Sheene on burning down the riders' loos

Castaway · 15 October 1977Roy Plomley