The Beautiful South

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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 Beautiful South — Artist · desert is.land

Artist

5 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

2010s

Peak decade

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Paul Farmer
Paul Farmer on the moment he saw his wife's yellow eyes
Castaway · 12 July 2026Lauren Laverne
Bob Mortimer
Bob Mortimer on first seeing Vic Reeves with a Bryan Ferry mask and planks on his feet
Castaway · 3 February 2019Lauren 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

Kay Mellor on wearing heavy clothes to a slimming group

Castaway · 29 October 2017Kirsty Young

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Judy Murray on the heart attack and severe nausea of watching her sons play

Castaway · 22 June 2014Kirsty Young

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Johnny Vegas on nagging his dad for an ice cream the day he was laid off

Castaway · 3 October 2010Kirsty Young