Otis Redding — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Broadcasting since 1942
Long wave 198 kHz
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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

Otis Redding

15 episodes

Chosen over the decades

15

Total castaways

2000s

Peak decade

5

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Alan Parker
Annie Lennox
Baaba Maal
Bill Bryson
Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill
David Harewood
Dustin Hoffman
Gene Wilder
Janet Street-Porter
John Sessions
Lennie James
Linton Kwesi Johnson
Professor Dame Elizabeth Anionwu
Sarah Doukas
Suzi Quatro

Lennie James
Castaway · 26 October 2025Lauren Laverne
David Harewood
Castaway · 29 May 2022Lauren Laverne
Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill

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 · 18 July 2021

·Lauren Laverne

Professor Dame Elizabeth Anionwu

01°04′S 037°16′W

Professor Dame Elizabeth Anionwu

Castaway · 31 May 2020Lauren Laverne

04°12′S 079°15′W

Dustin Hoffman

Castaway · 2 December 2012Kirsty Young

06°26′S 114°24′W

Sarah Doukas

Castaway · 10 October 2010Kirsty Young

03°39′S 009°16′W

Baaba Maal

Castaway · 15 March 2009Kirsty Young

Janet Street-Porter

18°50′S 040°49′W

Janet Street-Porter

Castaway · 23 November 2008Kirsty Young

21°21′S 095°06′W

Annie Lennox

Castaway · 11 May 2008Kirsty Young

Linton Kwesi Johnson

03°27′S 061°00′W

Linton Kwesi Johnson

Castaway · 8 December 2002Sue Lawley

22°50′S 021°10′W

Alan Parker

Castaway · 9 July 2000Sue Lawley

09°56′S 104°01′W

Bill Bryson

Castaway · 31 January 1999Sue Lawley

11°04′S 139°05′W

Gene Wilder

Castaway · 2 February 1997Sue Lawley

06°17′S 046°20′W

John Sessions

Castaway · 25 February 1990Sue Lawley

09°25′S 001°01′W

Suzi Quatro

Castaway · 21 September 1986Michael Parkinson

Otis Redding — Artist · desert is.land