Ian Dury

Tuning in…

desert is.land

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

The listing

Transmission

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

Ian Dury — Artist · desert is.land

Artist

3 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

2020s

Peak decade

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

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Castaway · 17 May 2026Lauren Laverne
Professor Carl Jones
Carl Jones on hearing there were only four Mauritius kestrels left and thinking 'I can do that'
Castaway · 16 March 2025Lauren Laverne

desert is.land

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

The listing

Transmission

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

Suggs on sticking a pin in a jazz encyclopedia to find his stage name

Castaway · 19 May 2002Sue Lawley