Frankie Laine

Tuning in…

desert is.land

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

The listing

Transmission

Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

Frankie Laine — Artist · desert is.land

Artist

4 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

2000s

Peak decade

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Stanley McMurtry
How a little boy's Pokemon cards put Stanley McMurtry in his place
Castaway · 23 March 2008Kirsty Young
George Davies
George Davies on launching Per Una and taking £180,000 in an hour
Castaway · 11 June 2006Sue Lawley
Engelbert Humperdinck

desert is.land

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

The listing

Transmission

Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

Engelbert Humperdinck on starting the sideburns against all advice

Castaway · 19 December 2004Sue Lawley

03°12′S 147°08′W

Dennis Skinner on being chased by bullies with a penknife

Castaway · 7 January 1990Sue Lawley