Matt Monro — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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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

Matt Monro

4 episodes

Chosen over the decades

4

Total castaways

1990s

Peak decade

3

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Don Black
Peggy Mount
Sir Gregory Doran
Virginia McKenna

Sir Gregory Doran
Castaway · 29 June 2025Lauren Laverne
Virginia McKenna
Castaway · 26 September 2004Sue Lawley
Peggy Mount
Castaway · 9 June 1996

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

10°27′S 024°25′W

Don Black

Castaway · 22 October 1995Sue Lawley

Matt Monro — Artist · desert is.land