Peter Dawson — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Peter Dawson — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Artist

Peter Dawson

12 episodes

Chosen over the decades

12

Total castaways

1970s

Peak decade

5

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

A G Street
Arthur Lowe
Dennis Skinner
Eddie Waring
Frances Perry
George MacDonald Fraser
James Stewart
Liz Smith
Lord King
Ned Sherrin
Stanley Holloway

Liz Smith
Liz Smith on waiting by the window with a gramophone for her father's letter
Castaway · 9 March 2008Kirsty Young
George MacDonald Fraser
George MacDonald Fraser on being transfixed by Captain Blood at age ten
Castaway · 14 January 2001Sue Lawley

desert is.land

“And if you could take only one…” — a semantic wireless tuned to the Desert Island Discs archive.

The listing

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Most requested
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Transmission

Broadcasting since 1942
Long wave 198 kHz
An unofficial archive companion
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Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

Lord King on cutting 23,000 jobs at British Airways

Castaway · 14 April 1991Sue Lawley

03°12′S 147°08′W

Dennis Skinner

Dennis Skinner on being chased by bullies with a penknife

Castaway · 7 January 1990Sue Lawley

11°17′S 109°31′W

Ned Sherrin

Ned Sherrin on his father's pre-milking phone call about Freemasonry

Castaway · 9 July 1989Sue Lawley

03°48′S 059°52′W

Frances Perry

Frances Perry on falling headfirst into a tub of liquid manure at 18 months

Castaway · 22 March 1980Roy Plomley

George MacDonald Fraser

10°23′S 087°13′W

George MacDonald Fraser

George MacDonald Fraser on the waterfall accident that helped him finish Flashman

Castaway · 18 March 1978Roy Plomley

Stanley Holloway

15°00′S 063°19′W

Stanley Holloway

Stanley Holloway on his first job taking his boss's head to be ironed

Castaway · 25 October 1975Roy Plomley

20°25′S 099°30′W

James Stewart

James Stewart on his disastrous debut as an accordion player

Castaway · 25 May 1974Roy 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

01°34′S 137°38′W

Arthur Lowe

How staging a play in the Sinai Desert launched Arthur Lowe's theatre career

Castaway · 12 December 1970Roy Plomley

02°42′S 002°24′W

A G Street

A G Street on writing his first article with a stump of pencil while recovering from influenza

Castaway · 17 December 1962Roy Plomley