Supertramp

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

Supertramp — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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8 episodes

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2010s

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Castaways who chose this

Ara Darzi
Damian Lewis
David Gower
Jonathan Agnew
Malcolm Bradbury
Michael Ball
Michael McIntyre
Minette Batters

Minette Batters
Minette Batters on the doctor who drove out to test her son for diabetes
Castaway · 13 December 2020Lauren Laverne
Damian Lewis
Damian Lewis on asking President Obama about going into Iran
Castaway · 30 November 2014Kirsty Young

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

Jonathan Agnew

Jonathan Agnew on digging a bear trap for Geoffrey Boycott

Castaway · 17 February 2013Kirsty Young

Michael McIntyre

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Michael McIntyre

Michael McIntyre on waiting two years outside his future wife's door

Castaway · 17 July 2011Kirsty Young

Ara Darzi

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Ara Darzi

Ara Darzi on shocking a peer back to life in the House of Lords

Castaway · 22 June 2008Kirsty Young

Michael Ball

19°39′S 088°53′W

Michael Ball

How a Miss England cabaret helped Michael Ball overcome his stage fright

Castaway · 2 March 2008Kirsty Young

David Gower

21°30′S 054°18′W

David Gower

David Gower on scoring 154 against the West Indies in Jamaica

Castaway · 14 January 1984Roy Plomley

Malcolm Bradbury

16°41′S 107°14′W

Malcolm Bradbury

Malcolm Bradbury on avoiding games by writing books

Castaway · 20 August 1983Roy Plomley

Minette Batters

Damian Lewis

Michael McIntyre

Ara Darzi

Michael Ball

David Gower

Malcolm Bradbury