The Police — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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The Police — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Artist

The Police

9 episodes

Chosen over the decades

9

Total castaways

1980s

Peak decade

4

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Brendan Foster
Fiona Hill
John Tomlinson
Lawrence Dallaglio
Marian Keyes
Robin Hanbury-Tenison
Sir Jony Ive
Sir Michael Tippett
Will Carling

Sir Jony Ive
How sleeping on the factory floor helped Jony Ive perfect the iPhone
Castaway · 23 February 2025Lauren Laverne
Fiona Hill
Fiona Hill on bleeding from the nose at her Oxford interview
Castaway · 8 May 2022Lauren 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
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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

Marian Keyes on the barbecue where her crippling depression started

Castaway · 12 March 2017Kirsty Young

Lawrence Dallaglio

18°22′S 038°34′W

Lawrence Dallaglio

Lawrence Dallaglio on the morning he learned his sister was missing

Castaway · 20 February 2011Kirsty Young

02°47′S 104°09′W

John Tomlinson

John Tomlinson on suggesting James Morris for the role of Wotan

Castaway · 18 January 1998Sue Lawley

10°58′S 003°41′W

Will Carling

Will Carling on being slapped by his mother after losing his temper at cricket

Castaway · 10 May 1992Sue Lawley

21°34′S 084°38′W

Brendan Foster

Brendan Foster on breaking the world record at the opening of Gateshead Stadium

Castaway · 13 March 1988Michael Parkinson

Sir Michael Tippett

10°06′S 060°41′W

Sir Michael Tippett

Michael Tippett on serving two months in prison as a conscientious objector

Castaway · 5 January 1985Roy Plomley

Robin Hanbury-Tenison

22°59′S 134°05′W

Robin Hanbury-Tenison

Robin Hanbury-Tenison on spending three months alone in a small boat in the rainforest

Castaway · 24 November 1984Roy Plomley