Louis Armstrong — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Broadcasting since 1942
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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

Find a castaway Most requested Browse the archive About Report a fault

Artist

Louis Armstrong

67 episodes

Chosen over the decades

67

Total castaways

1990s

Peak decade

8

Decades seen

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75 Years of Desert Island Discs
Alan Jay Lerner
Anatole de Grunwald
Beryl Vertue
Bishop John Sentamu
Christina Lamb
Dame Louise Casey
Dave Brubeck
Denise Robertson
Derek Oldham
Desert Island Discs at 75
Dr Christiaan Barnard
Eve Pollard
Gavin Laird
Geoff Boycott
Hugh Masekela
Humphrey Lyttelton
Jamie Cullum
Jan Morris
John Cleese
Karan Bilimoria
Kay Mellor
Kiri Te Kanawa
Kylie Minogue
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Professor Tim Spector
Castaway · 31 March 2024Lauren Laverne
Stanley Tucci
Castaway · 2 July 2023Lauren Laverne
Dame Louise Casey

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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

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Jamie Cullum

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Eve Pollard

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Molly Parkin

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Lord Coe

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Steve Coogan

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Nicholas Parsons

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Humphrey Lyttelton

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Ronald Searle

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Sir Bobby Robson

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Hugh Masekela

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Karan Bilimoria

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Bishop John Sentamu

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Meera Syal

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Minette Walters

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Jan Morris

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Terry O'Neill

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Ronald Harwood

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Willard White

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Dave Brubeck

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Nicole Kidman

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John Cleese

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Simon Weston

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Neil Simon

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Taki

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Gavin Laird

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Penelope Leach

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Will Carling

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Robbie Coltrane

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Marco Pierre White

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Professor Ralf Dahrendorf

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Rt Hon Barbara Castle

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Quentin Crewe

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Mollie Harris

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Lionel Hampton

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Lord Bernard Miles

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Louis Armstrong — Artist · desert is.land