Grimethorpe Colliery Band — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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

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Broadcasting since 1942
Long wave 198 kHz
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Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

desert is.landest. 1942

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Artist

Grimethorpe Colliery Band

5 episodes

Chosen over the decades

5

Total castaways

1990s

Peak decade

3

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Bill Morris
David Hope
Jimmy Knapp
Lesley Garrett
Patricia Greene

Patricia Greene
Castaway · 4 January 2026Lauren Laverne
David Hope
Castaway · 11 December 2005Sue Lawley
Bill Morris
Castaway · 22 November 1998Sue Lawley

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

02°40′S 107°13′W

Jimmy Knapp

Castaway · 19 February 1995Sue Lawley

16°46′S 021°51′W

Lesley Garrett

Castaway · 10 October 1993Sue Lawley

Grimethorpe Colliery Band — Artist · desert is.land