The Pretenders — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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desert is.landest. 1942

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Artist

The Pretenders

5 episodes

Chosen over the decades

5

Total castaways

2000s

Peak decade

3

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Bill Bailey
Brian Cox
Clare Smyth
John McEnroe
Stephen King

Clare Smyth
Castaway · 31 July 2022Lauren Laverne
Brian Cox
Castaway · 29 March 2020Lauren Laverne
John McEnroe

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

Castaway · 16 July 2017

01°59′S 059°34′W

Bill Bailey

Castaway · 8 June 2008Kirsty Young

18°24′S 177°14′W

Stephen King

Castaway · 19 November 2006Kirsty Young

The Pretenders — Artist · desert is.land