Rod Stewart — 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

Rod Stewart

26 episodes

Chosen over the decades

25

Total castaways

2010s

Peak decade

6

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Alan Pascoe
Ash Atalla
Barbara Taylor Bradford
Bob Champion
Brendan Foster
Bruno Tonioli
Captain Eric Brown (Winkle)
Colin Montgomerie
Daley Thompson
Derek Randall
Duncan Bannatyne
Elisabeth Soderstrom
Eric Idle
Gary Lineker
Hammond Innes
Jack Higgins
Jimmy Tarbuck
John Caudwell
Jonathan Agnew
Martin Clunes
Mary Berry
Nick Hornby
Paul Costelloe
Professor Heinz Wolff
more

Ash Atalla
Castaway · 13 July 2025Lauren Laverne
John Caudwell
Castaway · 23 January 2022Lauren Laverne
Paul Costelloe
Castaway · 4 July 2021

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

·Lauren Laverne

09°32′S 005°08′W

Bruno Tonioli

Castaway · 24 December 2017Kirsty Young

Captain Eric Brown (Winkle)

10°46′S 156°13′W

Captain Eric 'Winkle' Brown

Castaway · 14 November 2014Kirsty Young

00°11′S 090°18′W

Jonathan Agnew

Castaway · 17 February 2013Kirsty Young

23°44′S 044°59′W

Mary Berry

Castaway · 29 July 2012Kirsty Young

08°01′S 078°56′W

Martin Clunes

Castaway · 18 September 2011Kirsty Young

Duncan Bannatyne

10°52′S 067°57′W

Duncan Bannatyne

Castaway · 14 March 2010Kirsty Young

07°43′S 175°23′W

Jack Higgins

Castaway · 5 March 2006Sue Lawley

04°11′S 011°56′W

Jimmy Tarbuck

Castaway · 11 January 2004Sue Lawley

20°28′S 099°46′W

Nick Hornby

Castaway · 28 September 2003Sue Lawley

Barbara Taylor Bradford

14°31′S 151°34′W

Barbara Taylor Bradford

Castaway · 6 July 2003Sue Lawley

Colin Montgomerie

11°42′S 096°44′W

Colin Montgomerie

Castaway · 12 March 2000Sue Lawley

Rt Hon Mo Mowlam MP

08°07′S 157°47′W

Rt Hon Mo Mowlam MP

Castaway · 21 March 1999Sue Lawley

Professor Heinz Wolff

21°02′S 075°15′W

Professor Heinz Wolff

Castaway · 4 January 1998Sue Lawley

02°31′S 118°05′W

Gary Lineker

Castaway · 30 September 1990Sue Lawley

08°19′S 046°15′W

Bob Champion

Castaway · 20 November 1988Michael Parkinson

21°34′S 084°38′W

Brendan Foster

Castaway · 13 March 1988Michael Parkinson

01°43′S 133°38′W

Cindy Buxton & Annie Price

Castaway · 27 August 1983Roy Plomley

03°15′S 068°31′W

Daley Thompson

Castaway · 19 July 1980Roy Plomley

Elisabeth Soderstrom

02°32′S 002°49′W

Elisabeth Soderstrom

Castaway · 8 December 1979Roy Plomley

14°13′S 090°37′W

Derek Randall

Castaway · 18 June 1977Roy Plomley

14°43′S 077°36′W

Eric Idle

Castaway · 27 November 1976Roy Plomley

20°14′S 177°33′W

Alan Pascoe

Castaway · 10 July 1976Roy Plomley

15°03′S 056°12′W

Hammond Innes

Castaway · 26 February 1972Roy Plomley

Rod Stewart — Artist · desert is.land