Johnny Cash — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Johnny Cash — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Artist

Johnny Cash

22 episodes

Chosen over the decades

22

Total castaways

2010s

Peak decade

5

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Bill Cullen
Brian Cox
David Penhaligon
David Walliams
Frank Skinner
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Guy Martin
James Rebanks
Jarvis Cocker
Johnny Vegas
Len Deighton
Mark Steel
Matthew Barzun
Nick Clegg
Rachel Whiteread
Ray Winstone
Rt Hon Alex Salmond
Sam Taylor-Wood
Shirley Ballas
Tim Robbins
Venki Ramakrishnan

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Mark Steel
Mark Steel on taking his father out of a mental home for Christmas
Castaway · 1 December 2024Lauren 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

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Tim Robbins

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Frank Skinner

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