Simple Minds — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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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
Long wave 198 kHz
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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

Simple Minds

5 episodes

Chosen over the decades

5

Total castaways

2020s

Peak decade

2

Decades seen

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Castaway · 28 July 2024Lauren Laverne
Bono
Castaway · 26 June 2022

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

Angela Hartnett

07°42′S 010°23′W

Angela Hartnett

Castaway · 14 January 2018Kirsty Young

18°20′S 162°03′W

John Bishop

Castaway · 24 June 2012Kirsty Young

Simple Minds — Artist · desert is.land