Pulp — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

Find a castaway Most requested Browse the archive About Report a fault

Tuning in…

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

Pulp — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

Find a castaway Most requested Browse the archive About Report a fault

Artist

Pulp

14 episodes

Chosen over the decades

14

Total castaways

2010s

Peak decade

4

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

A A Gill
Adam Kay
Caitlin Moran
Clare Smyth
Eve Stewart
Fran Landesman
Jack Thorne
James Graham
James Rebanks
Johnny Vegas
Lily Allen
Lynn Barber
Stephen Frears
Stephen Merchant

James Graham
James Graham on being asked why he wasn't wearing a coat by his therapist
Castaway · 10 March 2024Lauren Laverne
Adam Kay
Adam Kay on being told he was gay by a classmate running a pornography library
Castaway · 18 June 2023Lauren Laverne

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

Clare Smyth on cooking for the royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan

Castaway · 31 July 2022Lauren Laverne

11°58′S 067°44′W

Jack Thorne

Jack Thorne on being cast as Carrot Bum for being lonely and weird

Castaway · 12 December 2021Lauren Laverne

Stephen Merchant

18°19′S 016°35′W

Stephen Merchant

How Stephen Merchant discovered a John Cleese message on his parents’ answerphone

Castaway · 22 December 2019Lauren Laverne

11°28′S 144°23′W

James Rebanks

How James Rebanks' dad told him to stop being a pain in the ass and go to Oxford

Castaway · 20 January 2019Lauren Laverne

03°03′S 131°34′W

Caitlin Moran

Caitlin Moran on washing a dirty wall and talking to her future self

Castaway · 22 January 2017Kirsty Young

17°01′S 037°39′W

Lily Allen

Lily Allen on her singing teacher hearing her sing an Oasis song

Castaway · 29 June 2014Kirsty Young

07°56′S 112°59′W

Eve Stewart

How Eve Stewart's father went to a party and never came back

Castaway · 4 August 2013Kirsty Young

20°01′S 015°01′W

Johnny Vegas

Johnny Vegas on nagging his dad for an ice cream the day he was laid off

Castaway · 3 October 2010Kirsty Young

03°44′S 059°41′W

Lynn Barber

Lynn Barber on meeting a conman at a bus stop

Castaway · 25 July 2010Kirsty Young

21°29′S 076°26′W

A A Gill

A A Gill on his GP telling him he was a classic alcoholic

Castaway · 20 August 2006Sue Lawley

17°50′S 003°48′W

Stephen Frears

Stephen Frears on sitting in the kitchen with his mother playing cards in the 1940s

Castaway · 18 January 2004Sue Lawley

08°49′S 093°21′W

Fran Landesman

Fran Landesman on the origin of Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most

Castaway · 22 September 1996Sue Lawley