Glenn Miller — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

Find a castaway Most requested Browse the archive About Report a fault

Tuning in…

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

Glenn Miller — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

Find a castaway Most requested Browse the archive About Report a fault

Artist

Glenn Miller

13 episodes

Chosen over the decades

13

Total castaways

1990s

Peak decade

6

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Arthur Lowe
Barry Sheene
Beryl Vertue
Jimmy McGovern
Kate Atkinson
Lady Margaret Tebbit
Lillian Board
Liz Smith
Nigel Nicolson
Virginia Holgate
Wayne Sleep
Wendy Richard

Kate Atkinson
Kate Atkinson on burying her father the day before winning the Whitbread Book of the Year
Castaway · 25 November 2018Lauren Laverne
Beryl Vertue
Beryl Vertue on playing cards with matches for money with Tony Hancock
Castaway · 20 January 2013Kirsty Young

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

Liz Smith on waiting by the window with a gramophone for her father's letter

Castaway · 9 March 2008Kirsty Young

19°38′S 043°06′W

Jimmy McGovern

How Robbie Coltrane's casting made Jimmy McGovern suicidal

Castaway · 14 January 1996Sue Lawley

Lady Margaret Tebbit

05°26′S 166°58′W

Lady Margaret Tebbit

Margaret Tebbit on kicking her husband

Castaway · 31 December 1995Sue Lawley

05°03′S 142°29′W

Wendy Richard

Wendy Richard on being doorstepped while trying to walk her dog

Castaway · 9 July 1995Sue Lawley

19°57′S 063°33′W

Nigel Nicolson

Nigel Nicolson on Virginia Woolf asking about his school lies

Castaway · 12 March 1995Sue Lawley

Archbishop Desmond Tutu

23°56′S 074°29′W

Archbishop Desmond Tutu

Desmond Tutu on black children scavenging sandwiches from white school waste bins

Castaway · 6 November 1994Sue Lawley

Virginia Holgate

07°06′S 019°17′W

Virginia Holgate

Virginia Holgate on her mother's ultimatum: eat or stop riding

Castaway · 10 August 1986Michael Parkinson

09°40′S 062°08′W

Wayne Sleep

Wayne Sleep on his mother turning down a BBC singing contract

Castaway · 29 October 1977Roy Plomley

07°21′S 080°24′W

Barry Sheene

Barry Sheene on burning down the riders' loos

Castaway · 15 October 1977Roy Plomley

01°34′S 137°38′W

Arthur Lowe

How staging a play in the Sinai Desert launched Arthur Lowe's theatre career

Castaway · 12 December 1970Roy Plomley

17°55′S 029°58′W

Lillian Board

How Colette Besson denied Lillian Board Olympic gold

Castaway · 29 November 1969Roy Plomley