Glen Campbell — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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

Glen Campbell — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Artist

Glen Campbell

11 episodes

Chosen over the decades

10

Total castaways

1970s

Peak decade

5

Decades seen

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Bob Champion
Deborah Kerr
Gary Barlow
Greg Davies
Harvey Smith
Kelsey Grammer
Shania Twain
Sir Robert Helpmann
Vince Hill

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Greg Davies
Greg Davies on waking up in tears every morning before work
Castaway · 12 May 2024Lauren Laverne

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

14°33′S 043°35′W

Gary Barlow

Gary Barlow on the stillbirth of his daughter Poppy

Castaway · 9 December 2018Lauren Laverne

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Kelsey Grammer

Kelsey Grammer on forgiving the man who murdered his sister

Castaway · 10 December 2017Kirsty Young

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Ant and Dec

Ant and Dec on the stunned silence after being written out of Byker Grove

Castaway · 29 December 2013Kirsty Young

21°21′S 095°06′W

Annie Lennox

Annie Lennox on losing her first child

Castaway · 11 May 2008Kirsty Young

08°19′S 046°15′W

Bob Champion

Bob Champion on watching the Grand National on the Pathé News aged nine

Castaway · 20 November 1988Michael Parkinson

Sir Robert Helpmann

06°15′S 162°30′W

Sir Robert Helpmann

Robert Helpmann on seeing his mother in Katherine Hepburn's Portia

Castaway · 23 December 1978Roy Plomley

04°12′S 150°26′W

Deborah Kerr

Deborah Kerr on her first film appearance ending up on the cutting room floor

Castaway · 20 August 1977Roy Plomley

04°39′S 054°11′W

Vince Hill

How a year down the coal mines helped Vince Hill avoid the army

Castaway · 15 November 1975Roy Plomley

23°52′S 130°25′W

Harvey Smith

Harvey Smith on his first success in a novice competition at Nelson

Castaway · 13 February 1971Roy Plomley