The Dubliners

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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The Dubliners — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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8 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

1990s

Peak decade

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Ara Darzi
Christina Noble
Jackie Charlton
John Pilger
Max Boyce
Michael Bogdanov
Sian Phillips
Thelma Holt

Ara Darzi
Ara Darzi on shocking a peer back to life in the House of Lords
Castaway · 22 June 2008Kirsty Young
Thelma Holt
Thelma Holt on rescuing the Roundhouse with 40 rock concerts
Castaway · 23 November 1997Sue Lawley
Christina Noble

desert is.land

“And if you could take only one…” — a semantic wireless tuned to the Desert Island Discs archive.

The listing

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Most requested
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Transmission

Broadcasting since 1942
Long wave 198 kHz
An unofficial archive companion
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Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

Christina Noble on a vivid dream of children running through smoke

Castaway · 15 June 1997Sue Lawley

Sian Phillips

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Sian Phillips

Sian Phillips on seeing her first pantomime with her grandmother

Castaway · 25 May 1997Sue Lawley

Jackie Charlton

12°27′S 057°49′W

Jackie Charlton

Jackie Charlton on fighting for the warmest spot in his childhood bed

Castaway · 20 October 1996Sue Lawley

John Pilger

17°38′S 054°28′W

John Pilger

John Pilger on passing out in the morgue as a young cadet reporter

Castaway · 18 February 1990Sue Lawley

Michael Bogdanov

00°52′S 142°37′W

Michael Bogdanov

Michael Bogdanov on how a friend's letter to Trinity College Dublin earned him a place

Castaway · 19 April 1987Michael Parkinson

Max Boyce

17°15′S 120°01′W

Max Boyce

Max Boyce on blanking out while reciting a poem as a child

Castaway · 23 April 1983Roy Plomley