Jack Buchanan

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

Jack Buchanan — Artist · desert is.land

Artist

5 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

1980s

Peak decade

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Ian Hislop
How Ian Hislop's lawyer passed a note doubting Robert Maxwell's tears
Castaway · 9 January 1994Sue Lawley
Kaye Webb
Kaye Webb on rushing downstairs to announce Ronald Searle was alive
Castaway · 30 May 1993Sue Lawley

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

How Jeremy Lloyd became an old person at 12 and a half

Castaway · 18 January 1987Michael Parkinson

02°57′S 146°01′W

How Michael York made his Desert Island Discs list in a minute

Castaway · 25 February 1984Roy Plomley

09°27′S 024°12′W

Alec McCowen on learning the Gospel of Mark three verses at a time

Castaway · 19 May 1979Roy Plomley