Perry Como — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Perry Como — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Artist

Perry Como

11 episodes

Chosen over the decades

11

Total castaways

1980s

Peak decade

5

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Derek Randall
Dora Bryan
Eddie Waring
Ed Mirvish (Honest)
Gemma Craven
Grace Bumbry
Jackie Mason
James Clavell
Ken Dodd
Peter Mansfield
Sarah Millican

Sarah Millican
Sarah Millican on waking up to a blood-soaked bed because her shoes were too tight
Castaway · 14 December 2014Kirsty Young
Jackie Mason
Jackie Mason on ignoring Frank Sinatra in Las Vegas
Castaway · 11 March 2012Kirsty 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

Peter Mansfield

Peter Mansfield on climbing into his prototype MRI scanner in complete darkness

Castaway · 18 June 2006Sue Lawley

00°41′S 092°50′W

Ken Dodd

How Ken Dodd sent away for itching powder and stink bombs

Castaway · 3 June 1990Sue Lawley

07°08′S 176°18′W

Gemma Craven

Gemma Craven on the butler who trod on her dress during her stage debut

Castaway · 24 January 1988Michael Parkinson

07°35′S 005°17′W

Dora Bryan

Dora Bryan on naming herself after a box of matches

Castaway · 15 March 1987Michael Parkinson

Ed Mirvish (Honest)

06°35′S 110°29′W

'Honest' Ed Mirvish

Ed Mirvish on buying a theatre 3,000 miles away sight unseen

Castaway · 24 March 1984Roy Plomley

05°24′S 050°23′W

James Clavell

James Clavell on being given a proclamation from King George VI as a returning POW

Castaway · 14 November 1981Roy Plomley

08°41′S 081°00′W

Grace Bumbry

Grace Bumbry on winning a high school singing competition in Saint Louis

Castaway · 3 December 1977Roy Plomley

14°13′S 090°37′W

Derek Randall

Derek Randall on the fishy taste of strawberry jam

Castaway · 18 June 1977Roy Plomley

21°11′S 015°58′W

Eddie Waring

Eddie Waring on being the first rugby league writer to tour Australia in 1946

Castaway · 23 February 1974Roy Plomley