Labi Siffre — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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

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Broadcasting since 1942
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

Labi Siffre

4 episodes

Chosen over the decades

4

Total castaways

2010s

Peak decade

2

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Jill Scott
Maggie Aderin-Pocock
Professor Phil Scraton
Rt Hon Nicola Sturgeon

Jill Scott
Castaway · 16 July 2023Lauren Laverne
Professor Phil Scraton
Castaway · 5 November 2017Kirsty Young
Rt Hon Nicola Sturgeon

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 · 15 November 2015

Maggie Aderin-Pocock

21°13′S 075°05′W

Maggie Aderin-Pocock

Castaway · 7 March 2010Kirsty Young

Labi Siffre — Artist · desert is.land