Oasis — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

Oasis — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Artist

Oasis

16 episodes

Chosen over the decades

16

Total castaways

2010s

Peak decade

4

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Billie Piper
Clare Smyth
Danny Dyer
Emma Grede
Freddie Flintoff
Hanif Kureishi
Jamie Oliver
Lawrence Dallaglio
Lennie James
Matt Smith
Micky Flanagan
Professor Jim Al-Khalili
Rankin
Sabrina Cohen-Hatton
Sir Bradley Wiggins
Tom Kerridge

Emma Grede
Emma Grede on making a full roast dinner for six by age 12
Castaway · 2 August 2026Lauren Laverne
Lennie James
Lennie James on writing a letter to the council after his home was taken away
Castaway · 26 October 2025Lauren Laverne

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
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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

Danny Dyer

How sitting on the toilet after the NTAs made Danny Dyer address his addiction

Castaway · 11 May 2025Lauren Laverne

12°11′S 173°10′W

Clare Smyth

Clare Smyth on cooking for the royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan

Castaway · 31 July 2022Lauren Laverne

16°59′S 059°35′W

Billie Piper

How Chris Evans taught Billie Piper to stop reading about herself

Castaway · 9 May 2021Lauren Laverne

Sabrina Cohen-Hatton

22°33′S 137°34′W

Sabrina Cohen-Hatton

Sabrina Cohen-Hatton on eating out of a bin

Castaway · 29 September 2019Lauren Laverne

01°54′S 052°43′W

Tom Kerridge

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

Castaway · 2 December 2018Lauren Laverne

22°41′S 163°59′W

Matt Smith

Matt Smith on singing the Doctor Who theme tune to Jodie Whittaker

Castaway · 4 March 2018Kirsty Young

18°34′S 032°32′W

Micky Flanagan

Micky Flanagan on the summer of his life working in a kitchen

Castaway · 19 November 2017Kirsty Young

Freddie Flintoff

23°58′S 003°52′W

Freddie Flintoff

Freddie Flintoff on his 45-minute chess bluff against his granddad

Castaway · 5 July 2015Kirsty Young

Sir Bradley Wiggins

08°37′S 006°47′W

Sir Bradley Wiggins

Bradley Wiggins on being mobbed while taking his daughter to buy a mini iPod

Castaway · 10 May 2015Kirsty Young

18°14′S 143°06′W

Rankin

Rankin on asking the Queen to smile

Castaway · 3 March 2013Kirsty 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

Professor Jim Al-Khalili

01°16′S 042°03′W

Professor Jim Al-Khalili

How a 4,000-volt near-miss sent Jim Al-Khalili from the lab to theory

Castaway · 14 February 2010Kirsty Young

15°12′S 045°22′W

Jamie Oliver

Jamie Oliver on discovering that bread dough is alive at age ten

Castaway · 23 December 2001Sue Lawley

07°56′S 161°37′W

Hanif Kureishi

Hanif Kureishi on being racially insulted every day from age four to sixteen

Castaway · 21 April 1996Sue Lawley