Gerry and the Pacemakers — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Gerry and the Pacemakers — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Gerry and the Pacemakers

9 episodes

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9

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1990s

Peak decade

4

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Duke Of Westminster
George Davies
Jimmy McGovern
Melanie C
Phil Redmond
Professor Nick Webborn
Professor Phil Scraton
Rt Hon Michael Howard MP
The Most Reverend Justin Welby

Professor Nick Webborn
Nick Webborn on the moment he heard a crack in his neck on a rugby field
Castaway · 27 February 2022Lauren Laverne
Melanie C
Melanie C on being bullied by a fellow Spice Girl
Castaway · 23 February 2020Lauren Laverne
Professor Phil Scraton

desert is.land

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

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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

Phil Scraton on watching a poor boy punished in assembly and knowing it was wrong

Castaway · 5 November 2017Kirsty Young

The Most Reverend Justin Welby

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The Most Reverend Justin Welby

Justin Welby on consecrating a grave for murdered clergy in South Sudan

Castaway · 21 December 2014Kirsty Young

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George Davies

George Davies on launching Per Una and taking £180,000 in an hour

Castaway · 11 June 2006Sue Lawley

Rt Hon Michael Howard MP

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Rt Hon Michael Howard MP

Michael Howard on his aunt surviving three trips to the Auschwitz gas chamber

Castaway · 4 July 2004Sue Lawley

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Jimmy McGovern

How Robbie Coltrane's casting made Jimmy McGovern suicidal

Castaway · 14 January 1996Sue Lawley

Duke Of Westminster

18°42′S 133°21′W

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

20°50′S 175°17′W

Phil Redmond

Phil Redmond on vetoing a glue sniffing storyline for Grange Hill

Castaway · 15 January 1995Sue Lawley