John Shirley-Quirk — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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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

John Shirley-Quirk

4 episodes

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4

Total castaways

2000s

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3

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Castaways who chose this

Anthony Horowitz
Henry Williamson
Pat Barker
Sir Arthur Bliss

Anthony Horowitz
Castaway · 31 December 2006Kirsty Young
Pat Barker
Castaway · 7 December 2003Sue Lawley
Sir Arthur Bliss

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

Castaway · 29 July 1972

Henry Williamson

04°15′S 038°06′W

Henry Williamson

Castaway · 11 October 1969Roy Plomley

John Shirley-Quirk — Artist · desert is.land