Paul Robeson — Artist · desert is.land

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
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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

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

Artist

Paul Robeson

51 episodes

Chosen over the decades

51

Total castaways

1990s

Peak decade

7

Decades seen

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Brian Blessed
Chris Haskins
Christabel Bielenberg
Conrad Black
Dame Cicely Saunders
David Dimbleby
Don McCullin
Dr Hanna Segal
Dr Richard Dawkins
Eleanor Bron
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E P Thompson
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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

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Alexander McCall Smith

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Joseph Rotblat

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Alice Thomas Ellis

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Chris Haskins

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Thelma Holt

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Andy Hamilton

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Peggy Mount

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Eve Arnold

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Brian Blessed

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Nigel Nicolson

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Dr Richard Dawkins

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Mary Stott

Castaway · 25 September 1994Sue Lawley

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Conrad Black

Castaway · 27 March 1994Sue Lawley

Dame Cicely Saunders

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Ken Livingstone MP

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Christabel Bielenberg

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Christabel Bielenberg

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Gavin Laird

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E P Thompson

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Miriam Rothschild

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Miriam Rothschild

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Tony Benn

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Athene Seyler

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Peggy Makins

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Don McCullin

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Terry Wogan

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John Osborne

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David Dimbleby

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Paul Robeson — Artist · desert is.land