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desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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desert is.landest. 1942

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Artist

Simon & Garfunkel

52 episodes

Chosen over the decades

52

Total castaways

1980s

Peak decade

6

Decades seen

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Barry John
Bear Grylls
Bob Champion
Brendan Foster
Bruce Tulloh
Chris Boardman
Commander Chris Hadfield
David Jason OBE
David Lodge
Deborah Meaden
Delia Smith
Gareth Malone
Geoffrey Moorhouse
Harvey Smith
Ian Stewart
Isabel Allende
Jack Mapanje
James Bolam
Jamie Dornan
Jeremy Bowen
Joan Plowright
Jonathon Porritt
Jon Ronson
Kathleen Turner
more

Harvey Smith
Harvey Smith on his first success in a novice competition at Nelson
Castaway · 13 February 1971Roy Plomley
Val Doonican
Val Doonican on asking the BBC head of Light Music for a radio series with no work lined up
Castaway · 17 January 1970Roy Plomley

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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