Steeleye Span

Tuning in…

desert is.land

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

The listing

Transmission

Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

Steeleye Span — Artist · desert is.land

Artist

4 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

1990s

Peak decade

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

David Edgar
David Edgar on the night before his wife died when she said 'I do have a right to my anger'
Castaway · 30 July 2006Sue Lawley
Rick Stein
Rick Stein on his disco club being closed down by the police
Castaway · 1 August 1999Sue Lawley

desert is.land

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

The listing

Transmission

Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

Iain Banks on building bombs from sodium chlorate and sugar

Castaway · 24 August 1997Sue Lawley

00°44′S 130°57′W

Terry Pratchett on meeting Arthur C. Clarke in the gents aged 13

Castaway · 9 February 1997Sue Lawley