Paul Robeson — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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desert is.landest. 1942

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Artist

Paul Robeson

52 episodes

Chosen over the decades

52

Total castaways

1990s

Peak decade

7

Decades seen

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A A Gill
Alan Sillitoe
Alexander McCall Smith
Alfie Boe
Alice Thomas Ellis
Andy Hamilton
Anna Raeburn
Arundhati Roy
Athene Seyler
Baroness Scotland
Brian Blessed
Chris Haskins
Christabel Bielenberg
Conrad Black
Dame Cicely Saunders
David Dimbleby
Don McCullin
Dr Hanna Segal
Dr Richard Dawkins
Eleanor Bron
Emily Watson
E P Thompson
Eve Arnold
Gavin Laird
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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