The Fall

Tuning in…

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 Fall — Artist · desert is.land

Artist

4 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

1990s

Peak decade

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Sharon Horgan
Sharon Horgan on waking up to a man stroking her face
Castaway · 26 July 2020Lauren Laverne
Frank Skinner
Frank Skinner on being expelled for embezzling school dinner tickets
Castaway · 13 June 2010Kirsty 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

How winning the Turner Prize made Grayson Perry feel allowed

Castaway · 18 February 2007Kirsty Young

16°51′S 138°00′W

How a phone call to a Dallas DJ made John Peel a surrogate Beatle

Castaway · 14 January 1990Sue Lawley