The Animals

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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

The Animals — Artist · desert is.land

Artist

5 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

2000s

Peak decade

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Sir Howard Stringer
Howard Stringer on having lunch with Henry VIII
Castaway · 6 January 2013Kirsty Young
Jack Vettriano
Jack Vettriano on why you should never use black for a stormy sky
Castaway · 28 March 2004Sue Lawley
David Linley

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

David Linley on running his hands along the underside of furniture to check the finish

Castaway · 3 February 2002Sue Lawley

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Barry Cryer on making a living out of glibness

Castaway · 22 November 1987Michael Parkinson

08°46′S 111°23′W

Alan Price on the Animals' name coming from a squatter called Animal Hogg

Castaway · 4 December 1982Roy Plomley