Original London Cast — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

Find a castaway Most requested Browse the archive About Report a fault

Tuning in…

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

Original London Cast — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

Find a castaway Most requested Browse the archive About Report a fault

Artist

Original London Cast

6 episodes

Chosen over the decades

6

Total castaways

1970s

Peak decade

5

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Joyce Carey
Julia Cleverdon
Julia McKenzie
June Whitfield
Michael Rosen
Sir Francis McLean

Julia Cleverdon
Julia Cleverdon on her father locking Dylan Thomas in a library to finish Under Milk Wood
Castaway · 18 January 2015Kirsty Young
Michael Rosen
How a 200-yard walk made Michael Rosen realise he'd been fired from the BBC
Castaway · 6 August 2006Sue Lawley

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

Julia McKenzie on her first job as an understudy after only seeing the show three times

Castaway · 10 April 1982Roy Plomley

09°25′S 084°05′W

Joyce Carey

Joyce Carey on writing a play under an aunt de plume

Castaway · 8 September 1973Roy Plomley

15°21′S 031°17′W

June Whitfield

June Whitfield on her father's repeated advice about shorthand

Castaway · 18 August 1973Roy Plomley

Sir Francis McLean

07°55′S 044°44′W

Sir Francis McLean

Francis McLean on entering Paris on the day it was liberated

Castaway · 12 August 1968Roy Plomley