The Mamas & the Papas

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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The Mamas & the Papas — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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6 episodes

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1990s

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Eileen Atkins
Professor Baruch Blumberg
Robert Macfarlane
Rt Hon Jack Straw MP
Sir Ken Robinson
Tracey Thorn

Robert Macfarlane
Robert Macfarlane on the year he thought he would die in the mountains
Castaway · 25 July 2021Lauren Laverne
Tracey Thorn
How a wartime pen pal brought Tracey Thorn's parents together
Castaway · 18 November 2018Lauren Laverne

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

Sir Ken Robinson

Ken Robinson on meeting his wife Terry the week his father died

Castaway · 3 November 2013Kirsty Young

Professor Baruch Blumberg

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Professor Baruch Blumberg

Baruch Blumberg on the three years it took to connect an Australian blood sample to hepatitis B

Castaway · 19 January 2003Sue Lawley

Eileen Atkins

23°59′S 168°52′W

Eileen Atkins

Eileen Atkins on the gipsy who predicted she would be a great dancer

Castaway · 29 November 1998Sue Lawley

Rt Hon Jack Straw MP

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Rt Hon Jack Straw MP

Jack Straw on sitting on a suspect until the police arrived

Castaway · 12 July 1998Sue Lawley

Robert Macfarlane

Tracey Thorn

Professor Baruch Blumberg

Eileen Atkins

Rt Hon Jack Straw MP