Jimi Hendrix — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Jimi Hendrix — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Artist

Jimi Hendrix

12 episodes

Chosen over the decades

11

Total castaways

2000s

Peak decade

3

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Bill Gates
Carlos Acosta
Engelbert Humperdinck
Eve Arnold
Kelsey Grammer
Marianne Faithfull
Martin Amis
Nile Rodgers
Steven Pinker
Terence Stamp
Vic Reeves

Nile Rodgers
Nile Rodgers on saving his father's life at age seven
Castaway · 14 October 2018Lauren Laverne
Kelsey Grammer
Kelsey Grammer on forgiving the man who murdered his sister
Castaway · 10 December 2017Kirsty Young

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
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Transmission

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

Bill Gates on being sent to a child psychologist for being disruptive

Castaway · 31 January 2016Kirsty Young

19°12′S 030°52′W

Steven Pinker

Steven Pinker on the hate mail he got for using 'snuck'

Castaway · 30 June 2013Kirsty Young

20°23′S 166°15′W

Terence Stamp

How a letter in an ashram brought Terence Stamp back to play General Zod

Castaway · 12 March 2006Sue Lawley

13°57′S 029°47′W

Carlos Acosta

Carlos Acosta on winning the Prix de Lausanne at sixteen

Castaway · 2 January 2005Sue Lawley

Engelbert Humperdinck

19°53′S 157°59′W

Engelbert Humperdinck

Engelbert Humperdinck on starting the sideburns against all advice

Castaway · 19 December 2004Sue Lawley

17°14′S 027°17′W

Vic Reeves

Vic Reeves on getting on stage because he didn't know how to book anyone

Castaway · 9 March 2003Sue Lawley

17°28′S 095°16′W

Martin Amis

Martin Amis on attending more than a dozen schools as a child

Castaway · 29 December 1996Sue Lawley

02°55′S 123°10′W

Eve Arnold

Eve Arnold on Marilyn Monroe asking her 'Where do I go from here?'

Castaway · 4 February 1996Sue Lawley

Marianne Faithfull

14°56′S 026°06′W

Marianne Faithfull

Marianne Faithfull on the Redlands drug bust she believes was an MI5 set-up

Castaway · 28 May 1995Sue Lawley

07°31′S 065°58′W

Dick Clement & Ian La Frenais

Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais on meeting at The Uxbridge Arms and playing hearts

Castaway · 21 July 1979Roy Plomley