Frank Crumit — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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

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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

desert is.landest. 1942

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Artist

Frank Crumit

5 episodes

Chosen over the decades

5

Total castaways

1990s

Peak decade

3

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Ian Dury
June Whitfield
Lynn Barber
Richard Gregory
Sir Douglas Bader

Lynn Barber
Castaway · 25 July 2010Kirsty Young
Ian Dury
Castaway · 15 December 1996Sue Lawley
Richard Gregory
Castaway · 4 April 1993

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
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

00°30′S 091°25′W

June Whitfield

Castaway · 29 April 1990Sue Lawley

Sir Douglas Bader

07°42′S 032°07′W

Sir Douglas Bader

Castaway · 28 November 1981Roy Plomley

Frank Crumit — Artist · desert is.land