The Proclaimers — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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The Proclaimers — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Artist

The Proclaimers

13 episodes

Chosen over the decades

13

Total castaways

2020s

Peak decade

4

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Alan Cumming
Clive Stafford Smith
David Tennant
Judy Murray
Lorraine Kelly
Matt Lucas
Minette Batters
Nick Park
Paul Farmer
Robbie Coltrane
Rt Hon Alex Salmond
Rt Hon Nicola Sturgeon
Steve Backshall

Paul Farmer
Paul Farmer on the moment he saw his wife's yellow eyes
Castaway · 12 July 2026Lauren Laverne
Lorraine Kelly
Lorraine Kelly on a maternity leave phone call that ended her contract
Castaway · 2 November 2025Lauren Laverne

desert is.land

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

The listing

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Most requested
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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

Alan Cumming

Alan Cumming on confronting his violent father with his brother

Castaway · 20 March 2022Lauren Laverne

Minette Batters

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Minette Batters

Minette Batters on the doctor who drove out to test her son for diabetes

Castaway · 13 December 2020Lauren Laverne

Steve Backshall

07°27′S 174°26′W

Steve Backshall

Steve Backshall on being trapped in a rapid for four and a half minutes

Castaway · 2 August 2020Lauren Laverne

Rt Hon Nicola Sturgeon

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Rt Hon Nicola Sturgeon

Nicola Sturgeon on being in floods of tears after the independence referendum

Castaway · 15 November 2015Kirsty Young

20°06′S 116°51′W

Judy Murray

Judy Murray on the heart attack and severe nausea of watching her sons play

Castaway · 22 June 2014Kirsty Young

Rt Hon Alex Salmond

17°35′S 122°06′W

Rt Hon Alex Salmond

Alex Salmond on how singing as a boy soprano made Westminster feel like nothing

Castaway · 16 January 2011Kirsty Young

13°58′S 157°38′W

Nick Park

Nick Park on the moment he realised Gromit didn't need a mouth

Castaway · 19 December 2010Kirsty Young

12°37′S 051°11′W

David Tennant

How reading chat room comments hurt David Tennant's eight-year-old self

Castaway · 27 December 2009Kirsty Young

04°49′S 096°37′W

Matt Lucas

Matt Lucas on waking up to find his hair on the pillow aged six

Castaway · 26 November 2006Kirsty Young

Clive Stafford Smith

08°22′S 147°25′W

Clive Stafford Smith

Clive Stafford Smith on seeing a picture of Joan of Arc being burnt at the stake

Castaway · 21 November 2004Sue Lawley

Robbie Coltrane

03°38′S 163°30′W

Robbie Coltrane

How a Marlon Brown impersonation in a bar landed Robbie Coltrane his first paid acting job

Castaway · 9 February 1992Sue Lawley