Gracie Fields — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Gracie Fields — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Artist

Gracie Fields

26 episodes

Chosen over the decades

26

Total castaways

1970s

Peak decade

8

Decades seen

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Dennis Potter
Des O'Connor
Emlyn Williams
Frances Perry
Gemma Jones
Gracie Fields
Graham Kerr
Jane Horrocks
Lord Bernard Miles
Mary Berry
Mary Stocks
Mollie Harris
Nemone Lethbridge
Patricia Hayes
Percy Press
Polly James
Richard Chamberlain
Sir Martin Sorrell
Sir Norman Wisdom
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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

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Dame Edna Everage

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Lord Bernard Miles

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Frances Perry

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Gemma Jones

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Patricia Hayes

Castaway · 19 April 1975Roy Plomley

02°45′S 070°11′W

Emlyn Williams

Castaway · 15 February 1975Roy Plomley

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Percy Press

Castaway · 28 December 1974Roy Plomley

20°48′S 123°59′W

Polly James

Castaway · 19 October 1974Roy Plomley

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Graham Kerr

Castaway · 4 December 1971Roy Plomley

Richard Chamberlain

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Richard Chamberlain

Castaway · 14 March 1970Roy Plomley

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Des O'Connor

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Mary Stocks

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Emlyn Williams

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