Mabel Mercer — 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

Mabel Mercer

4 episodes

Chosen over the decades

4

Total castaways

1980s

Peak decade

2

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

David Hare
Elisabeth Welch
Jonathan Pryce
Roy Hattersley

Elisabeth Welch
Castaway · 18 November 1990Sue Lawley
Jonathan Pryce
Castaway · 20 May 1990Sue Lawley
David Hare

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 · 26 February 1989

11°06′S 109°10′W

Roy Hattersley

Castaway · 26 January 1986Michael Parkinson

Mabel Mercer — Artist · desert is.land