Jerry Lee Lewis — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Jerry Lee Lewis — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Artist

Jerry Lee Lewis

9 episodes

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9

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2000s

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4

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Fay Weldon
Graham Nash
Greg Dyke
John Cooper Clarke
John Humphrys
Jools Holland
Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith MP
Sir Tom Jones
Virginia Ironside

Graham Nash
Graham Nash on his father being jailed for a stolen camera
Castaway · 7 January 2024Lauren Laverne
John Cooper Clarke
John Cooper Clarke on persuading Bernard Manning to book him with a poem about a punch-up
Castaway · 21 July 2019Lauren Laverne

desert is.land

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

The listing

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

Tom Jones on his father going to work in the coal mine after he bought a Jaguar

Castaway · 26 September 2010Kirsty Young

01°51′S 040°33′W

Fay Weldon

Fay Weldon on the earthquake before her birth

Castaway · 9 May 2010Kirsty Young

08°43′S 070°38′W

John Humphrys

John Humphrys on fearing his career was over after Jonathan Aitken's accusation

Castaway · 6 January 2008Kirsty Young

22°11′S 135°59′W

Greg Dyke

Greg Dyke on reading Lord Hutton's report and knowing the public would side with the BBC

Castaway · 20 May 2007Kirsty Young

Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith MP

13°15′S 004°52′W

Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith MP

Iain Duncan Smith on deciding to run for leader after talking to his wife

Castaway · 24 November 2002Sue Lawley

10°38′S 036°20′W

Jools Holland

Jools Holland on playing piano in pubs for £7.50 a night

Castaway · 5 October 1997Sue Lawley

Virginia Ironside

16°05′S 176°32′W

Virginia Ironside

Virginia Ironside on regularly waking up screaming and calling the Samaritans

Castaway · 30 March 1997Sue Lawley