Take That

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

Take That — Artist · desert is.land

Artist

4 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

2020s

Peak decade

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Sara Pascoe
Sara Pascoe on breaking a window to escape her mum's locked house
Castaway · 22 March 2026Lauren Laverne
Ebony Rainford-Brent
Ebony Rainford-Brent on the day police came to say her brother was in intensive care
Castaway · 8 December 2024Lauren Laverne

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

Sarah Storey on being told by her GP she needed a jam sandwich

Castaway · 19 May 2024Lauren Laverne

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Clive Woodward on watching the blood capsule scandal on TV

Castaway · 21 February 2010Kirsty Young