Paul McCartney — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Paul McCartney — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Artist

Paul McCartney

8 episodes

Chosen over the decades

8

Total castaways

1970s

Peak decade

5

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Bill Bryson
Lord David Cobbold
Peggy Lee
Ronnie Wood
Sarah Millican
Spike Milligan
Stewart Granger
Twiggy

Ronnie Wood
How a party sofa led Ronnie Wood to join the Rolling Stones
Castaway · 12 October 2025Lauren Laverne
Sarah Millican
Sarah Millican on waking up to a blood-soaked bed because her shoes were too tight
Castaway · 14 December 2014Kirsty Young

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

Lord David Cobbold

David Cobbold on sending a Girl Guide leader to talk to Mick Jagger

Castaway · 8 August 2010Kirsty Young

09°56′S 104°01′W

Bill Bryson

Bill Bryson on waking up in New Hampshire and realising his return to America was a catastrophe

Castaway · 31 January 1999Sue Lawley

21°22′S 061°37′W

Twiggy

Twiggy on being called Styx before becoming Twiggy

Castaway · 8 January 1989Sue Lawley

Stewart Granger

04°18′S 173°32′W

Stewart Granger

Stewart Granger on the guilt of surviving his battalion's annihilation

Castaway · 25 April 1981Roy Plomley

11°46′S 160°12′W

Spike Milligan

How failing a maths exam stopped Spike Milligan becoming a fighter pilot

Castaway · 4 February 1978Roy Plomley

23°15′S 117°01′W

Peggy Lee

How Peggy Lee auditioned with one dime to her name

Castaway · 14 May 1977Roy Plomley