Stormzy — 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

Stormzy — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Stormzy

6 episodes

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6

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2020s

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Anthony Joshua
Ebony Rainford-Brent
Ian Wright
Maria Balshaw
Rupert Everett
Simon Reeve

Ebony Rainford-Brent
Ebony Rainford-Brent on the day police came to say her brother was in intensive care
Castaway · 8 December 2024Lauren Laverne
Anthony Joshua
Anthony Joshua on his plan to open a care home for retired boxers
Castaway · 23 June 2024Lauren Laverne

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
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Transmission

Broadcasting since 1942
Long wave 198 kHz
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

Simon Reeve on climbing back from the edge of a bridge

Castaway · 9 January 2022Lauren Laverne

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Maria Balshaw

Maria Balshaw on seeing a child scoot into the gallery

Castaway · 9 August 2020Lauren Laverne

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Ian Wright

Ian Wright on his brother covering his ears to protect him from their stepfather

Castaway · 16 February 2020Lauren Laverne

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Rupert Everett

How John Schlesinger fell asleep while Rupert Everett pitched a script

Castaway · 5 January 2020Lauren Laverne