Flanagan and Allen — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Flanagan and Allen — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Flanagan and Allen

10 episodes

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9

Total castaways

1980s

Peak decade

5

Decades seen

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Adelaide Hall
Anthony Quayle
Arthur English
Lord Deedes
Rt Hon Betty Boothroyd MP
Rt Hon William Whitelaw
Sir Charles MacLean
Sir Douglas Bader
Sir Robin Day

Lord Deedes
How a gun deal landed Bill Deedes his first journalism job
Castaway · 5 August 2001Sue Lawley
Rt Hon Betty Boothroyd MP
Betty Boothroyd on being the only person who believed she could win a 20,000 Tory majority
Castaway · 13 June 1993Sue Lawley

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

Adelaide Hall on accidentally inventing scat while humming to Ellington's 'Creole Love Call'

Castaway · 13 January 1991Sue Lawley

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Sir Robin Day

Robin Day on the time he thought he would be arrested for making an interruption

Castaway · 21 January 1990Sue Lawley

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Arthur English

How Arthur English went from Windmill audition to show in two hours

Castaway · 7 May 1983Roy Plomley

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Duke & Duchess of Devonshire

Duchess of Devonshire on never wanting to see another firework

Castaway · 28 August 1982Roy Plomley

Sir Douglas Bader

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Sir Douglas Bader

Douglas Bader on landing on one leg after his prosthetic came off during a parachute jump

Castaway · 28 November 1981Roy Plomley

Rt Hon William Whitelaw

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Rt Hon William Whitelaw

William Whitelaw on acting as a bouncer at Churchill's Cambridge speech

Castaway · 6 June 1981Roy Plomley

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Anthony Quayle

Anthony Quayle on his first taste of money from a musical sketch with Naylor Grimson

Castaway · 6 November 1976Roy Plomley

Sir Charles MacLean

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Sir Charles MacLean

Charles MacLean on the autograph that was the first six bars of Fingal's Cave

Castaway · 12 August 1963Roy Plomley