Richard Harris — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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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

Richard Harris

5 episodes

Chosen over the decades

5

Total castaways

1980s

Peak decade

4

Decades seen

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Beryl Bainbridge
Lillian Board
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Beryl Bainbridge
Castaway · 3 February 2008Kirsty Young
Peter Alliss

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 · 29 March 1987

·Michael Parkinson

Beryl Bainbridge

16°52′S 067°05′W

Beryl Bainbridge

Castaway · 9 March 1986Michael Parkinson

17°55′S 029°58′W

Lillian Board

Castaway · 29 November 1969Roy Plomley

Richard Harris — Artist · desert is.land