The Jimi Hendrix Experience

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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The Jimi Hendrix Experience — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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6 episodes

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2000s

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Dame Joan Bakewell
David Wall
Gordon Buchanan
Griff Rhys Jones
J K Rowling
John Agard

Gordon Buchanan
Gordon Buchanan on crying himself to sleep in Sierra Leone aged 17
Castaway · 30 November 2025Lauren Laverne
John Agard
John Agard on hearing 'butter to my heart' on Strictly Come Dancing
Castaway · 16 November 2014Kirsty Young

desert is.land

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

The listing

Find a castaway
Most requested
Browse the archive
About

Transmission

Broadcasting since 1942
Long wave 198 kHz
An unofficial archive companion
Report a fault

Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

Dame Joan Bakewell

Joan Bakewell on the shock of seeing her affair dramatised in Harold Pinter's Betrayal

Castaway · 9 August 2009Kirsty Young

Griff Rhys Jones

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Griff Rhys Jones

Griff Rhys Jones on missing his cue as Rosencrantz while playing poker

Castaway · 11 February 2001Sue Lawley

J K Rowling

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J K Rowling

J K Rowling on conceiving Harry Potter on a delayed train

Castaway · 5 November 2000Sue Lawley

David Wall

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David Wall

How David Wall helped a Japanese ballet company understand Swan Lake

Castaway · 25 March 1978Roy Plomley

Gordon Buchanan

John Agard

Griff Rhys Jones

J K Rowling

David Wall