The Prodigy

Tuning in…

desert is.land

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

The listing

Transmission

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

The Prodigy — Artist · desert is.land

Artist

5 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

2010s

Peak decade

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Guy Martin
Guy Martin on his inner chimp being Ben Kingsley
Castaway · 31 May 2026Lauren Laverne
Billie Piper
How Chris Evans taught Billie Piper to stop reading about herself
Castaway · 9 May 2021Lauren Laverne

desert is.land

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

The listing

Transmission

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

Asif Kapadia on swearing off exams after his mother's electric shock treatment

Castaway · 1 December 2019Lauren Laverne

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Tom Kerridge on driving around with a case of beer in his boot

Castaway · 2 December 2018Lauren Laverne

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How a chess game at age 11 made Demis Hassabis ask if we're wasting our minds

Castaway · 21 May 2017Kirsty Young