Sex Pistols

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Sex Pistols — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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2010s

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Guy Singh-Watson
Hanif Kureishi
John McEnroe
Kathy Burke
Noel Gallagher
Paul Whitehouse
Ricky Gervais
Sabrina Cohen-Hatton

Sabrina Cohen-Hatton
Sabrina Cohen-Hatton on eating out of a bin
Castaway · 29 September 2019Lauren Laverne
Guy Singh-Watson
Guy Singh-Watson on lying to a competitor during a consulting interview
Castaway · 1 July 2018Kirsty Young
John McEnroe

desert is.land

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

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Broadcasting since 1942
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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

John McEnroe on being greeted by 'you cannot be serious' at UK immigration

Castaway · 16 July 2017Kirsty Young

Noel Gallagher

01°17′S 166°36′W

Noel Gallagher

Noel Gallagher on not remembering walking on stage at Knebworth

Castaway · 19 July 2015Kirsty Young

Kathy Burke

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Kathy Burke

Kathy Burke on pretending to miss her mother to get a Mars bar

Castaway · 15 August 2010Kirsty Young

Ricky Gervais

05°54′S 179°39′W

Ricky Gervais

Ricky Gervais on not knowing he was poor until university

Castaway · 24 June 2007Kirsty Young

Paul Whitehouse

08°40′S 122°30′W

Paul Whitehouse

How a vicar in an empty church makes Paul Whitehouse run screaming

Castaway · 2 February 2003Sue Lawley

Hanif Kureishi

07°56′S 161°37′W

Hanif Kureishi

Hanif Kureishi on being racially insulted every day from age four to sixteen

Castaway · 21 April 1996Sue Lawley