Murray Perahia

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
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

desert is.landest. 1942

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Artist

9 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

2000s

Peak decade

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Bill Bailey
Claudia Roden
Derren Brown
Elizabeth Jane Howard
Frederic Raphael
Katharine Whitehorn
Lang Lang
Professor Patricia Wiltshire
Sir David Attenborough

Professor Patricia Wiltshire
Castaway · 30 June 2024Lauren Laverne
Derren Brown
Castaway · 26 May 2019Lauren Laverne
Sir David Attenborough

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 · 29 January 2012

·Kirsty Young

Lang Lang

19°05′S 105°16′W

Lang Lang

Castaway · 31 October 2010Kirsty Young

Bill Bailey

01°59′S 059°34′W

Bill Bailey

Castaway · 8 June 2008Kirsty Young

Frederic Raphael

09°02′S 157°07′W

Frederic Raphael

Castaway · 19 February 2006Sue Lawley

Katharine Whitehorn

17°51′S 156°03′W

Katharine Whitehorn

Castaway · 1 May 2005Sue Lawley

Claudia Roden

13°54′S 037°54′W

Claudia Roden

Castaway · 29 July 2001Sue Lawley

Elizabeth Jane Howard

21°47′S 032°33′W

Elizabeth Jane Howard

Castaway · 29 October 1995Sue Lawley

Murray Perahia — Artist · desert is.land