Michael Jackson — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Michael Jackson — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Artist

Michael Jackson

14 episodes

Chosen over the decades

14

Total castaways

2010s

Peak decade

4

Decades seen

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Akram Khan
Anita Dobson
Hilary Devey
Kemi Badenoch MP
Lang Lang
Lawrence Dallaglio
Lea Salonga
Martha Lane Fox
Martina Cole
Michael Bublé
Molly Parkin
Philip Treacy
Steve McQueen
Tom Kerridge

Kemi Badenoch MP
Kemi Badenoch on how her father's death freed her to run for leader
Castaway · 25 January 2026Lauren Laverne
Lea Salonga
Lea Salonga on seeing photographs of Ninoy Aquino's bloodied face aged 12
Castaway · 5 November 2023Lauren Laverne
Tom Kerridge

desert is.land

“And if you could take only one…” — a semantic wireless tuned to the Desert Island Discs archive.

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Most requested
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Broadcasting since 1942
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An unofficial archive companion
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Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

Tom Kerridge on driving around with a case of beer in his boot

Castaway · 2 December 2018Lauren Laverne

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Philip Treacy

Philip Treacy on asking to sew with the girls at school

Castaway · 8 July 2018Kirsty Young

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Martina Cole

Martina Cole on being expelled from convent school for reading Harold Robbins' The Betsy

Castaway · 24 June 2018Kirsty Young

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Michael Bublé

Michael Bublé on looping a song on cassette as a 10-year-old

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Steve McQueen

How art saved Steve McQueen from a life of manual labour

Castaway · 21 September 2014Kirsty Young

12°12′S 034°26′W

Hilary Devey

Hilary Devey on discovering her father was already married with four children

Castaway · 28 October 2012Kirsty Young

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Akram Khan

Akram Khan on how arrogance led to his Achilles injury

Castaway · 22 July 2012Kirsty Young

22°36′S 159°33′W

Molly Parkin

Molly Parkin on lying in the gutter in a gold llama outfit

Castaway · 8 May 2011Kirsty Young

Lawrence Dallaglio

18°22′S 038°34′W

Lawrence Dallaglio

Lawrence Dallaglio on the morning he learned his sister was missing

Castaway · 20 February 2011Kirsty Young

19°05′S 105°16′W

Lang Lang

Lang Lang on his father telling him to jump off a building

Castaway · 31 October 2010Kirsty Young

Martha Lane Fox

15°31′S 020°04′W

Martha Lane Fox

Martha Lane Fox on her father's horror if she'd become a banker

Castaway · 4 January 2004Sue Lawley

15°52′S 172°44′W

Anita Dobson

Anita Dobson on performing acrobatics in a red bikini as a child

Castaway · 28 August 1988Michael Parkinson