Paul Simon — 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

Paul Simon

28 episodes

Chosen over the decades

27

Total castaways

2010s

Peak decade

5

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Alan Bleasdale
Anna Ford
Ann Leslie
Antony Sher
Bruce Fogle
Cillian Murphy
Dame Claire Bertschinger
Delia Smith
Derek Walcott
Doug Allan
Douglas Adams
Elaine Paige
Glenys Kinnock
James Corden
Jimmy Carr
John Motson
Jonathan Lynn
Martin Bell
Naomi Klein
Peggy Seeger
Richard Curtis
Richard Madeley
Rob Brydon
Rowan Atkinson
more

Sir Salman Rushdie
Castaway · 23 November 2025Lauren Laverne
Cillian Murphy
Castaway · 11 February 2024Lauren Laverne
Delia Smith

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 · 24 December 2023

·Lauren Laverne

19°11′S 056°32′W

John Motson

Castaway · 17 June 2018Kirsty Young

05°54′S 040°40′W

Naomi Klein

Castaway · 26 November 2017Kirsty Young

19°01′S 018°57′W

Jimmy Carr

Castaway · 5 March 2017Kirsty Young

03°26′S 136°02′W

Doug Allan

Castaway · 20 July 2014Kirsty Young

Dame Claire Bertschinger

21°02′S 026°36′W

Dame Claire Bertschinger

Castaway · 23 March 2014Kirsty Young

06°03′S 052°00′W

Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean

Castaway · 16 February 2014Kirsty Young

20°02′S 168°16′W

Anna Ford

Castaway · 18 March 2012Kirsty Young

14°14′S 034°21′W

James Corden

Castaway · 12 February 2012Kirsty Young

14°30′S 031°25′W

Rob Brydon

Castaway · 16 May 2010Kirsty Young

Richard Madeley

16°18′S 001°08′W

Richard Madeley

Castaway · 8 March 2009Kirsty Young

18°10′S 090°17′W

Ann Leslie

Castaway · 7 November 2004Sue Lawley

12°00′S 131°54′W

Sue Johnston

Castaway · 26 May 2002Sue Lawley

07°57′S 116°26′W

Bruce Fogle

Castaway · 19 August 2001Sue Lawley

15°13′S 019°38′W

Martin Bell

Castaway · 15 July 2001Sue Lawley

04°52′S 010°30′W

Peggy Seeger

Castaway · 8 July 2001Sue Lawley

13°34′S 069°29′W

Richard Curtis

Castaway · 28 February 1999Sue Lawley

21°37′S 092°45′W

Glenys Kinnock

Castaway · 20 November 1994Sue Lawley

11°49′S 123°08′W

Douglas Adams

Castaway · 6 February 1994Sue Lawley

09°41′S 126°58′W

Alan Bleasdale

Castaway · 25 August 1991Sue Lawley

02°58′S 082°18′W

Derek Walcott

Castaway · 9 June 1991Sue Lawley

18°52′S 029°55′W

Rowan Atkinson

Castaway · 15 May 1988Michael Parkinson

06°12′S 087°33′W

Antony Sher

Castaway · 6 December 1987Michael Parkinson

12°59′S 067°13′W

Elaine Paige

Castaway · 12 July 1987Michael Parkinson

00°52′S 115°18′W

Jonathan Lynn

Castaway · 20 October 1984Roy Plomley

14°59′S 101°01′W

Terry Jones

Castaway · 2 July 1983Roy Plomley

Paul Simon — Artist · desert is.land