Fleetwood Mac — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Fleetwood Mac — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Fleetwood Mac

17 episodes

Chosen over the decades

17

Total castaways

2020s

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5

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Billie Piper
Christine McVie
Dame Minouche Shafik
Duke Of Westminster
Emily Eavis
Mark Johnston
Melanie C
Michael Green
Murray Walker
Phil Edmonds
Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter
Professor Stephen Westaby
Professor Tim Spector
Richard Dunwoody
Sir Ben Ainslie
Stephen Poliakoff

Professor Stephen Westaby
How a rugby head injury made Stephen Westaby fearless
Castaway · 15 March 2026Lauren Laverne
Professor Tim Spector
Tim Spector on the helicopter crash that caught fire
Castaway · 31 March 2024Lauren Laverne
Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter

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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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

David Spiegelhalter on the flash photograph that revealed his son's cancer

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Mark Johnston

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Melanie C

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Emily Eavis

Emily Eavis on driving home from Glastonbury in just bin bags and pants

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Dame Minouche Shafik

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Christine McVie

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Christine McVie

Christine McVie on writing Songbird after champagne and cocaine

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Murray Walker

Murray Walker on seeing his father at the front line

Castaway · 16 March 2014Kirsty Young

Sir Ben Ainslie

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Stephen Poliakoff

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Stephen Poliakoff

Stephen Poliakoff on his father lifting the dining table over peas

Castaway · 13 March 2005Sue Lawley

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Michael Green

Michael Green on choosing playing cards over O levels

Castaway · 16 May 1999Sue Lawley

Richard Dunwoody

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Richard Dunwoody

How falling off a donkey as a child convinced Richard Dunwoody he was a jockey

Castaway · 4 April 1999Sue Lawley

Duke Of Westminster

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Duke Of Westminster

How learning he would inherit the family estate made the Duke of Westminster want to run for the door

Castaway · 2 July 1995Sue Lawley

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Phil Edmonds

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Alan Jones

Alan Jones on his lucky underpants

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