Procol Harum

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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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

Procol Harum — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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8 episodes

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2010s

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Cher
Gary Barlow
Gemma Jones
John Graham
Kay Mellor
Patrick Lichfield
Rt Hon David Blunkett MP
Rt Hon Michael Howard MP

Cher
Cher on the entire audience laughing at her name in Silkwood
Castaway · 15 December 2024Lauren Laverne
Gary Barlow
Gary Barlow on the stillbirth of his daughter Poppy
Castaway · 9 December 2018Lauren Laverne
Kay Mellor

desert is.land

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

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Most requested
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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

Kay Mellor on wearing heavy clothes to a slimming group

Castaway · 29 October 2017Kirsty Young

John Graham

12°39′S 043°24′W

John Graham

John Graham on bailing out of his burning plane

Castaway · 10 July 2011Kirsty Young

Rt Hon Michael Howard MP

18°39′S 077°17′W

Rt Hon Michael Howard MP

Michael Howard on his aunt surviving three trips to the Auschwitz gas chamber

Castaway · 4 July 2004Sue Lawley

Rt Hon David Blunkett MP

11°01′S 101°58′W

Rt Hon David Blunkett MP

David Blunkett on not seeing his three boys smile

Castaway · 27 May 1990Sue Lawley

Patrick Lichfield

11°20′S 177°35′W

Patrick Lichfield

Patrick Lichfield on his first photography session with Jacqueline Bissett and Charlotte Rampling

Castaway · 31 October 1981Roy Plomley

Gemma Jones

04°09′S 165°56′W

Gemma Jones

Gemma Jones on being a queen's guide

Castaway · 11 December 1976Roy Plomley