Lucia Popp

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

7 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

1980s

Peak decade

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Alan Howard
Baroness Haleh Afshar
Bernice Rubens
Frank Skinner
Miriam Margolyes
N.Busch
Penelope Hobhouse

Frank Skinner
Castaway · 13 June 2010Kirsty Young
Baroness Haleh Afshar
Castaway · 28 December 2008Kirsty Young
Miriam Margolyes

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 · 28 September 2008

·Kirsty Young

Penelope Hobhouse

16°13′S 030°49′W

Penelope Hobhouse

Castaway · 18 December 1994Sue Lawley

Bernice Rubens

02°38′S 114°00′W

Bernice Rubens

Castaway · 8 September 1991Sue Lawley

N.Busch

00°30′S 001°27′W

N.Busch

Castaway · 9 October 1982Roy Plomley

Alan Howard

14°25′S 076°47′W

Alan Howard

Castaway · 5 December 1981Roy Plomley

Lucia Popp — Artist · desert is.land

Frank Skinner

Baroness Haleh Afshar

Miriam Margolyes

Penelope Hobhouse

Bernice Rubens

N.Busch

Alan Howard