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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

Talk Talk — Artist · desert is.land

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2010s

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Michael Sheen
How Michael Sheen's father proved he was even better than Jack Nicholson
Castaway · 28 September 2025Lauren Laverne
Guy Garvey
Guy Garvey on smuggling a case of Guinness into the Olympic closing ceremony
Castaway · 3 August 2014Kirsty Young

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

Alison Moyet on taking a hammer to her gold discs

Castaway · 18 May 2014Kirsty Young