Monty Python — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Monty Python — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Artist

Monty Python

13 episodes

Chosen over the decades

13

Total castaways

2000s

Peak decade

5

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Cath Kidston
Gary Lineker
Harvey Goldsmith
John Dankworth
Minette Walters
Piers Morgan
Rebel Wilson
Sanjeev Bhaskar
Sian Phillips
Tim Peake
Tony Adams
Warwick Davis
William Trevor

Rebel Wilson
Rebel Wilson on moving to Hollywood with one suitcase and a duna
Castaway · 2 June 2024Lauren Laverne
Tim Peake
Tim Peake on making a heart sign to his sons moments before launch
Castaway · 24 January 2021Lauren Laverne

desert is.land

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

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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

Warwick Davis on going to sleep as himself and waking up as someone else

Castaway · 12 June 2016Kirsty Young

00°55′S 142°17′W

Cath Kidston

Cath Kidston on turning a laurel bush into a shop as a child

Castaway · 24 April 2011Kirsty Young

23°06′S 094°13′W

Tony Adams

Tony Adams on being chased by England supporters at Luton Airport

Castaway · 27 June 2010Kirsty Young

Harvey Goldsmith

18°23′S 031°51′W

Harvey Goldsmith

Harvey Goldsmith on Keith Moon throwing a television into a swimming pool

Castaway · 5 July 2009Kirsty Young

23°24′S 069°18′W

Piers Morgan

Piers Morgan on walking barefoot on Miami Beach with Rupert Murdoch

Castaway · 7 June 2009Kirsty Young

Sanjeev Bhaskar

23°03′S 101°20′W

Sanjeev Bhaskar

How a coin toss led to Sanjeev Bhaskar's big break

Castaway · 12 October 2008Kirsty Young

Minette Walters

16°38′S 096°22′W

Minette Walters

Minette Walters on the neighbour who told her to do something with her day

Castaway · 30 June 2002Sue Lawley

10°09′S 049°20′W

Sian Phillips

Sian Phillips on seeing her first pantomime with her grandmother

Castaway · 25 May 1997Sue Lawley

02°31′S 118°05′W

Gary Lineker

Gary Lineker on using household lamps to play football in the winter dark

Castaway · 30 September 1990Sue Lawley

03°12′S 075°13′W

John Dankworth

John Dankworth on pretending his saxophone was a bassoon

Castaway · 2 March 1986Michael Parkinson

13°56′S 176°27′W

William Trevor

William Trevor on nearly drowning three times as a child

Castaway · 9 August 1980Roy Plomley