Lead Belly — 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

Lead Belly

4 episodes

Chosen over the decades

4

Total castaways

1980s

Peak decade

3

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Caroline
Fred Zinnemann
John Hurt
Tom Sharpe

Caroline
Castaway · 31 May 2009Kirsty Young
Fred Zinnemann
Castaway · 20 January 1991Sue Lawley
Tom Sharpe
Castaway · 3 November 1984

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

21°01′S 067°18′W

John Hurt

Castaway · 29 September 1984Roy Plomley

Lead Belly — Artist · desert is.land