Luciano Pavarotti — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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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

Luciano Pavarotti

59 episodes

Chosen over the decades

59

Total castaways

1980s

Peak decade

6

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Alfred Wainwright
Alison Steadman
Anthony Powell
Baz Luhrmann
Bruno Tonioli
Claudia Roden
Conrad Black
Cormac Murphy O'Connor
Dame Louise Casey
Delia Smith
Des Lynam
Dickie Bird
Duke Of Westminster
Gemma Craven
General H Norman Schwarzkopf
George Davies
Gregory Peck
Harvey Goldsmith
Joan Collins
Julie Andrews
June Whitfield
Karan Bilimoria
Lang Lang
Lesley Garrett
more

Professor Michele Dougherty
Castaway · 1 February 2026Lauren Laverne
Delia Smith
Castaway · 24 December 2023Lauren Laverne
Baz Luhrmann

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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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Sir Gulam Noon

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Sir Peter Morris

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Claudia Roden

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Cormac Murphy O'Connor

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Martin Pipe

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Michael Green

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Richard Dunwoody

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Richard Dunwoody

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Dickie Bird

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Alison Steadman

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Alison Steadman

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Duke Of Westminster

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Duke Of Westminster

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Lynda La Plante

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Lynda La Plante

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Conrad Black

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Lesley Garrett

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Peter Mayle

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Paul Smith

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General H Norman Schwarzkopf

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General H Norman Schwarzkopf

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Julie Andrews

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Lord King

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Robin Knox-Johnston

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Robin Knox-Johnston

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June Whitfield

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Joan Collins

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Rocco Forte

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Alfred Wainwright

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Neil Kinnock

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William Davis

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Gemma Craven

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Lew Grade

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Lulu

Castaway · 4 October 1987Michael Parkinson

Sir Ian MacGregor

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Luciano Pavarotti — Artist · desert is.land